2010 Orthopedic Update CME

This curriculum is designed to suit the educational needs of primary care and emergency physicians working in varied clinical settings. This course will cover multiple orthopedic topics that are relevant to emergency and primary care practice. Particular emphasis will be placed on the latest evidence and the current standards of practice. Through a didactic and case-based approach, this course will harness the unique skill sets of the orthopedic and emergency medicine specialists to review the not-to-be-missed injuries.

This conference will be structured into four educational tracks, each led by a distinguished speaker specializing in that field. Those will include: shoulder injuries, knee and spine specifics and finally an Emergency Medicine update.

The topics were chosen to provide a broad-based set of orthopedic topics commonly encountered by emergency and family medicine physicians. This is of particular relevance given the high prevalence of orthopedic injuries/problems in the primary care/emergency setting.
Learning needs were assessed by discussions with other conference organizers (St. Paul s Emergency Medicine Update, Canadian Alpine Ski Team Medical Group, etc) and by observation of presenters and participants at Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine/Sport Medicine scientific conferences. In addition, this curriculum was designed in keeping with feedback received at a prior Track & Trail event, where delegates expressed particular interest in furthering their orthopedic knowledge.