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Phone Number: 610-695-2459

AO Spine NA: 21st Annual Fellows Forum

March 30, 2023 - April 2, 2023
Banff, Alberta, Canada

This program represents the collective efforts and achievements of generations of spine fellows, Program Directors and the Research and Fellowship committees of AO Spine North America. This collegial meeting offers a healthy exchange of ideas and knowledge with the overarching aim of providing a superb educational experience for current fellows and improving patient care through dedicated research efforts.

The highlight of this year's program is the research activities of each Fellow. Fellows are required to submit an abstract of his/her research project in advance. The AO SNA Fellowship Committee scores each abstract and the ten highest scoring abstracts are selected for podium presentations at the forum. In addition, each fellow will also submit a poster of his/her research which will be judged on-site. The authors of the top ten posters will also be invited to present their work from the podium. Awards will be given for Best Clinical and Basic Science presentations and Best Poster Presentation at the conclusion of the meeting.

 

Please note: a form payment is required for no-show or late cancellation


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Tuition:
Level Name: Participant - Spine
Pricing Tier: Fellow
Tuition: $0.00
Course Prerequisite(s):
No Prerequisites

Questions:
Email Member Relations
Phone Number: 610-695-2459

Venue:
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
405 Spray Avenue
Banff, AB, Canada
Phone Number: 403-762-2211
www.fairmont.com/banffsprings

Language(s):
English
Professional Level Prerequisite(s):
(No Prerequisites)

Continuing Education Credit: AMA

The Continuing Medical Education (CME) mission of AO North America (AONA®) is to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary needs based education to surgeons, fellows, and residents in the specialties of orthopedic, hand, craniomaxillofacial, spine, neurosurgery, and veterinary surgery in the areas of trauma (i.e.), operative reduction and fixation), degenerative disorders, deformities, tumors, and reconstruction.

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)

Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  • Discuss common cervical and lumbar degenerative pathologies
  • Describe concepts and treatment algorithms for cervical and thoracolumbar trauma
  • Review concepts in biologics
  • Discuss current research projects and achievements in AO Spine


Faculty Disclosure:

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.


Off-Label / Experimental Discussions:

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.


Disclaimer:

The opinions or views expressed in this live continuing medical education activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of AO North America or any commercial supporter. The certificate provided pertains only to the participants’ completion of the course.


Conflict of Interest Resolution Statement:
When individuals in a position to control or influence the development of the content have reported financial relationships with one or more commercial interests, AO North America utilizes a process to identify and resolve potential conflicts to ensure that the content presented is free of commercial bias.

Liability Statement:
AO North America faculty and staff assume no personal liability for the techniques or the use of any equipment and accessories used for teaching purposes in the laboratory. The certificate provided pertains only to the participants’ completion of the course and does not, in any way, attest to the proficiency of the participants’ clinical experience.


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.