Event Details
Pre-Course Symposium: Concepts in Reconstruction of Facial Trauma Following Initial Management
Arlington, Virginia, USA
AOCMF North America Pre-Course Symposium: Concepts in Reconstruction of Facial Trauma Following Initial Management
Tuition:
Level Name: Participant - CraniomaxillofacialPricing Tier: Attending
Tuition: $0.00
Level Name: Participant - Craniomaxillofacial
Pricing Tier: Fellow
Tuition: $0.00
Level Name: Participant - Craniomaxillofacial
Pricing Tier: Resident
Tuition: $0.00
Course Prerequisite(s):
No PrerequisitesPlease Note: This course is available to physicians only.
Language(s):
EnglishDirectly Provided by:
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Professional Level Prerequisite(s):
- Residency Year 1
- Residency Year 2
- Residency Year 3
- Residency Year 4
- Residency Year 5
- Residency Year 6
- Residency Year 7
- Residency Year 8
- Fellow
- Student
- Practicing
Continuing Education Credit: 3.75
AO North America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AONA has been resurveyed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation.
Continuing Education Dental Credit Statement
As an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredited provider, AO North America meets the definition of a constituent or component organization of the AMA and thereby meets most state dental board requirements of an approved sponsor of continuing education. This course is focused on clinical issues in oral-maxillofacial surgery that are relevant to the treatment and care of dental patients. Most states accept AMA constituents as approved sponsors for continuing dental education credit. If you have questions, your state dental board can confirm eligibility of this course.
Designation Statement - AO North America designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Expected results of AONA's CME activities for surgeons, fellows, and residents are to:
• Increase their knowledge base and surgical skill level
• Improve competence by applying advances of knowledge in patient care in the areas of trauma, degenerative disorders, deformities, tumors, and reconstructive surgical techniques
• Address practice performance gaps by improving management of aspects of traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (i.e., pre-operative planning to post-operative care)
- Discuss recent technological advances in craniomaxillofacial and reconstructive surgery
- Describe the management options for treatment of congenital defects and orbital fractures
- Discus the importance of preoperative planning and intra-operative management of traumatic injuries to avoid complications and improve outcomes
- Describe the problems, complications and intraoperative difficulties that can result from internal fixation
- Identify treatment options for common post-operative complications of fracture repair
- Discus the benefits of interdisciplinary treatment utilized for restoration of craniomaxillofacial form and function
- Explain appropriate handling of hard and soft tissue problems in challenging cases
- Describe reconstructive procedures and surgical techniques that are most effective in correcting injuries to specific anatomical regions of the face
It is the policy of AO North America to abide by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support. Standard 2: “Disclosures Relevant to Potential Commercial Bias and Relevant Financial Relationships of Those with Control over CME Content,” requires all planners, including course directors, chairs, and faculty, involved in the development of CME content to disclose their relevant financial relationships prior to participating in the activity. Relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. The intent of the disclosure is not to prevent a faculty with a relevant financial or other relationship from teaching, but to provide participants with information that might be of importance to their evaluation of content. All potential conflicts of interest have been resolved prior to the commencement of this activity.
Some medical devices used for teaching purposes and/or discussed in AO North America’s educational activities may have been cleared by the FDA for specific uses only or may not yet be approved for any purpose. Faculty may discuss off-label, investigational, or experimental uses of products/devices in CME certified educational activities. Faculty have been advised that all recommendations involving clinical medicine in this CME activity are based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients.
All scientific research referred to, reported or used in this CME activity in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.
AO North America or any commercial supporter. The certificate provided pertains only to the participants’ completion of the course.
This course will involve exposure to and contact with animal anatomic specimens. These specimens are being utilized for purposes of teaching and learning and are to be treated with the utmost respect. Participants should be familiar with and understand the potential risks involved and will be required to observe all customary safety procedures.
In-Kind Support
AO North America gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for equipment and technical staff from J&JMedTech.
Educational Grant
AO North America gratefully acknowledges funding for its education activities from the AO Foundation. The AO Foundation receives funding for education from Synthes GmbH.