Total Credits: 2 including 2 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
The evaluation and management of patients with acute musculoskeletal injuries is a routine part of most primary care practices. Distinguishing a fracture from a soft tissue injury is an essential part of clinical decision making for those injuries. This workshop will provide practitioners with adequate training and education in x-ray interpretation and diagnostic dilemmas regarding common orthopedic fractures and dislocations. Attendees will also have a hands-on opportunity to learn how to stabilize, splint or address these orthopedic conditions and fractures.
At the conclusion of this session, the participant should be able to:
Disclosure Statement: The speaker discloses Stock Ownership in ROMTech, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
Accreditation Statement: The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. POMA designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 Category 1-A AOA CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits to the AOA commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Grievance Statement: If you are not satisfied with the program, you may file a written grievance by emailing cme@poma.org. Your complaint will be forwarded to the Education Committee for review. The committee will determine if the participant should be reimbursed with no credits or deny the complaint and take the issue into consideration for future programs
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Bryan P. Hooks, DO, FAAHKS, “Orthopedics Injuries/Management in the Primary Care Office and Splint Workshop,” is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstruction at UPMC-Horizon Orthopedics in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hooks is a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and a 2005 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship and orthopedic surgery residency at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, Ohio and St. Elizabeth Trauma Center in Youngstown, Ohio and an adult reconstruction fellowship at the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic Foundation. A certified board examiner for the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Dr Hooks is a fellow of the American Association of Hip and Knee Society and a member of POMA and the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Disclosure: Stock Ownership, ROMTech, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
Peyton B. Carlson, PA-C, “Orthopedics Injuries/Management in the Primary Care Office and Splint Workshop,” is a physician assistant with UPMC Regional Orthopaedics in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania where he also earned a master of physician assistant science degree in 2020. Mr. Carlson is a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Ryan Page, PA-C, “Orthopedics Injuries/Management in the Primary Care Office and Splint Workshop,” is a physician assistant with UPMC Regional Orthopaedics in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and a 2019 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a master of physician assistant science degree. He has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.