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Spine
Spine IEP Fellows & Young Surgeons’ Course Launches Women in Spine Initiative
Two PGY 3 US Orthopaedic Residents Selected to Receive Scholarships to Attend 2022 Course – USC and UT Houston Medical…
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DOC bill would permanently fund physician training to serve high need areas
The bill would give incentive for medical school graduates to go into primary and family care rather than a more…
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Extremities
97% of Ortho Residents Have OR-Related Musculoskeletal Pain, Says Mayo Study
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Residents…their exposure to the contortions of the OR is limited, so they wouldn’t have musculoskeletal (MSP)…
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Hospitals
First Training Simulation Study to Cross Orthopedic Sub-Specialties—and Institutions
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. The original meaning of “simulate” was “feign, pretend, assume falsely.”1 One assumes, however, that the word…
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Sports Medicine
Residents, Fellows, Attendings Surveyed on E-Learning
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. What might the participants in 197 orthopaedic surgery residency training programs have to say about…
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Extremities
Finally…Standardization in Residency Training
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A uniform residency training curriculum for the entire United States…it’s time, say the American Academy…
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COVID-19
Orthopedic Training During Covid: Residents and Fellows Speak Out
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Was Covid-19 a disaster for orthopedic training? No. Were cases missed? Yes. But, orthopedic residents…
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COVID-19
First Katrina, Now COVID19: Week Three From LSU
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., April 17, 2020 With New Orleans hospitals admitting fewer Covid patients, local physicians are wondering…
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COVID-19
First Katrina, Now COVID19: Week Two From LSU
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., April 10, 2020 As Louisiana marches towards its COVID-19 peak, Ortho Spine News is in…
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COVID-19
First Katrina, Now COVID19: The Louisiana State University Perspective
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., April 3, 2020 Louisiana has famously weathered many storms. The psyche of the city of…
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Do Orthopedic Trainees Understand the Clinical Implications of Statistics?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., February 27, 2020 While box plots and whiskers seem a world away from internal fixation…
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Excess Testing Does Not a Good Surgeon Make: Dan Riew Sounds Off
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 16, 2019 Daniel Riew, M.D. “There is too much unnecessary and irrelevant testing of…
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The Challenges of Spine Education and the “Dark Side” of Spine Surgery
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 5, 2019 A surgeon’s brain contains much, to be sure…and sometimes, it holds a…
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Hospitals
HSS Residency Leadership Group: Fostering the Future
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., August 8, 2019 What does one exceptional residency program do to help facilitate the daily…
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Extremities
Resident Duty Hour Limits Haven’t Improved Patient Safety
Megan Brooks Restrictions on resident duty hours do not appear to have had any significant effect on mortality or readmission…
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