{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} An Evidence-Based Approach to Casting and Orthosis Management of the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Population for Injuries of the Upper Extremity

Activity Steps

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Identify the most common non-surgical hand and upper extremity fractures and injuries in youth.
  2. Identify the minimal amount of immobilization recommended to ensure healing and return to play in common youth upper extremity injuries.
  3. Identify when an appropriate time for return to sport/play should be recommended.

Disclosures

All faculty members and all LCMEI staff members in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouse/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies relating to this educational activity.

Price: $25.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 2.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: CJSM00919
Published: September 2019
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
Required Passing Score: 11/15 (73%)
Authors: McVeigh, Kimberly H. MBA, OT, CHT; Berger, Thomas G. DPT, PT, CHT; Cudahy, Ryan MD; Dekker, Timothy M. MD; Brigham, Tara J. MLIS; Braxton, James C. OT, CHT
Categories: Adolescent Medicine , Pediatrics , Sports Medicine
Specialties: Sports Medicine/Sports Sciences
Topics: Fractures , Sport-related Injury , Sports Injury