JOIN US IN BEAUTIFUL PUERTO VALLARTA FOR AAOM’S LIVE PATIENT ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC & INJECTION COURSE

AAOM is offering a practical diagnostic and injection workshop to physicians to further their training, education, and practice of Interventional Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine (IROM). The workshop design includes instruction on patient evaluation and diagnosis, marking and needle placement, solutions, injection techniques, and patient treatments. The course provides a hands-on exposure to pain management treatments for the physician, under the guidance of experienced instructors, allowing you to gain first-hand experience which can then be used in your own practices at home.

The course also provides medical care to patients at no cost allowing many to receive care for chronic pain conditions that might otherwise go untreated. This AAOM Workshop takes place in beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from August 31 - September 6, and is designed to give each physician-learner a direct, hands-on treatment experience with live patients. Students will be guided through procedures using palpation and ultrasound in an intimate setting, with student-to-teacher ratio of 2:1, giving the learner extraordinary access to instruction and knowledge.

The Workshop is a high-volume live patient experience, so participants can expect to personally perform supervised, directed, guided IROM pain treatments on multiple patients. The workshop is limited to 12 registrants, so act quickly.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This workshop is designed for those interested in including prolotherapy, PRP, orthobiologics, and other Interventional and Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine treatments, technologies and procedures for treating pain and injury, overuse syndromes and chronic pain conditions affecting the back, pelvis, and extremities. The target audience is PM&R specialists (Physiatrists), Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Orthopedists and Orthopedic Surgeons, Neurologists, and Interventional Pain Physicians.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

Registration is open to physicians who are board-certified or in the examination process for certification in: Anesthesiology, Interventional Pain, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, or Family Practice / Sports Medicine.  Registrants who are not board-certified or eligible for certification in these specialties must have either completed or be currently enrolled in a pain fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or be a residency trained MD or DO approved by the educational committee of the AAOM to enroll in this course. Additional requirements include:

• Participants must have taken both beginner/intermediate and advanced ultrasound workshops at an AAOM annual meeting

• Participants must have taken and passed an AAOM-sponsored cadaver workshop in the United States

These requirements ensure that when the time comes to treat live patients, the learner is ready based on AAOM’s strictest of qualifications.

IROM-C HANDS-ON EXAM SCHEDULED FOR PUERTO VALLARTA

For those IROM-C candidates ready to take the practical exam, this is your chance. IROM-C physicians will be onsite to evaluate evidences of applied knowledge and skill to two body parts. Evaluation is on a Pass / Fail basis. Topic areas evaluated are:

• Diagnostic Technique

• Diagnosis / Procedure

• Palpation / Marking

• Solutions / Needles

• Preparation / Aseptic

• Needle Technique

• Bedside Manner

You must also complete your IROM-C Practical Exam application prior to arrival in Puerto Vallarta. Click here to complete the application and submit the exam fee.

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