Patient Safety Committee Discusses How Professionalism Can Limit Psychological Harm

The AAOS Patient Safety Committee supports the development, validation, and dissemination of culture and processes that improve orthopaedic surgical safety and inform Academy policy regarding these issues. If you have questions related to the content presented in this roundtable discussion or patient safety in general, please email patientsafety@aaos.org. Many medical errors and harms can be traced to ineffective communication and poor team dynamics, which are issues of professionalism.

2018: Academy Delivers on ‘Form Follows Function’ Promise

David A. Halsey, MD

When I stood in front of the membership during the AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans and outlined the Board of Directors’ goals for the year ahead, I had complete confidence that the combination of strong leadership, dedicated member volunteers, and talented staff would fulfill the Board’s aggressive agenda. And I was correct.

Learn How to Safely Use Humor to Improve Your Practice

Christopher Chiodo, MD

We all like to laugh. Whether breaking up a long meeting or brightening a lunchtime discussion, a well-timed joke or witty comment makes us feel good. It temporarily suspends our mundane thoughts or worries and may even be followed by a moment of increased clarity. In the office setting, a patient encounter enhanced by a shared laugh brings warmth and authenticity to the patient-doctor relationship. For centuries, philosophers and social scientists have tried to understand what makes us laugh.

Learn What’s New at the AAOS 2019 Annual Meeting

Get the benefits of meeting attendance plus access to Annual Meeting On Demand—an online library with more than 500 hours of educational content from the 2019 Annual Meeting. The Gold Registration Package gives you maximum flexibility by providing access to all sessions, both live and on demand. After the meeting, revisit the sessions you attended and participate in those you missed anytime, anywhere. Plus, earn up to 100 continuing medical education credits.

OVT Proves to be a Powerful Tool For Members Wanting to Share Technique Videos

With Orthopaedic Video Theater (OVT), the newest free benefit for AAOS members, surgeons can share techniques in two ways: OVT User submitted and OVT Plus collection videos. Both options allow you to keep the rights to your contentone offers a quick peer review, and the other provides several additional benefits. Get published quickly with OVT User-submitted videos OVT’s new User-submitted video option offers an expedited peer-review process.

AAOS 2019 Annual Meeting Offers a Variety of Resident-focused Activities

Nowhere else can residents interact with expert faculty, experience remarkable technological advances, and participate in tailored activities developed exclusively for them. These Annual Meeting activities are designed to help residents prepare for practice and further their careers. Wednesday, March 13, 10–11 a.m. The Resident Assembly Open Forum is an opportunity for residents to present and discuss their advisory opinions to affect change in AAOS.