AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education Presents:

Team Approach to Fracture Management
Basic and IM Nailing/External Fixation Courses
for Operating Room Personnel
September 19 - 20, 2003 Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas
Scottsdale, Arizona

HONORARY CHAIRMAN

Bruce A. Mallin, MD, FACS
Institute for Bone & Joint Disorders
Phoenix, Arizona

CO-CHAIRMEN

Joseph Longo, MD
Scottsdale, Arizona

Mitchell S. Wagner, MD
Clinical Instructor
University of Arizona
Phoenix Orthopaedic Group
Phoenix, Arizona

The Faculty of this Course is composed of orthopaedic surgeons and operating room nurses distinguished in caring for the orthopaedic trauma patient.

FACULTY

Anita Bolt, RN
AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Donna Russell, RN CNOR
AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education
Los Angeles, California

GOAL

The goal of these courses is to provide an educational opportunity for operating room personnel who participate in the care of the orthopaedic trauma patient. Course topics will be presented utilizing a dynamic combination of lectures and hands-on practical sessions. The practical sessions will provide the participants with the opportunity to take an active role in the fixation of artificial bone fractures under the direction of faculty lab instructors.

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of these courses, participants should be able to:

Basic Course

IM Nailing/External Fixation Course

These Operating Room Personnel Courses are educational non-profit functions made possible through the support of and cooperation with the AO ASIF. Financial and technical support provided by Synthes.

ACCREDITATION

AO North America Foundation is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This recognition does not imply that the AO North America Foundation or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approves or endorses any product included in the activity.

The Basic Course has been awarded 16.5 Contact Hours and the IM Nailing/External Fixation Course has been awarded 15 Contact Hours for Registered Nurses.

This continuing education activity is approved by the Association of Surgical Technologists, Inc. for 14 Category 1 CEs for the Basic Course and 12 Category 1 CEs for the IM Nailing/External Fixation Course for continuing education surgical technology. Approval refers to recognition of educational activities only and does not imply approval or endorsement of any product or company displayed in any form during the presentation of educational activities.

TUITION

Tuition for each course is $250.00

Tuition includes Course materials, continental breakfasts, lunches, refreshments and reception.

SCHEDULE

Friday, September 19, 2003

7:00am - 8:00amRegistration
8:00am - 5:00pmProgram
5:00pm - 6:00pmReception

Saturday, September 20, 2003

8:00am - 4:30pmBasic Program
8:00am - 3:00pmIM Nailing/External Fixation Program

COURSE LOCATION

Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas
6333 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
(480) 948-7750

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas. The room rate of $140.00 plus tax, single/double, will be held until September 5, 2003. Please call the hotel directly to secure your accommodations. Be certain to identify yourself as a participant of the AO ASIF course.

REGISTRATION FORM

Registration is required in advance and is not accepted unless accompanied by appropriate fees. Phone-in registrations not accepted.

Please do not consider yourself registered for this course until written confirmation is received.

Registration deadline: September 12, 2003.

You have the option to register online or submit the registration form to the address listed below.

AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education
RE: Scottsdale ORP Course
1301 Goshen Parkway
West Chester, PA 19380
(800) 535-2369 (press 5)
Fax: (610) 719-6532

Click here for the Registration Form

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