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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. Evaluate whether exercise therapy may be a viable alternative to surgery in middle-aged patients with partial meniscal tears.
  2. Assess the potential benefit of subcutaneous indwelling closed-suction drainage in reducing postoperative bleeding after total knee arthroplasty.

Disclosures

The author and all staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouses/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 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 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: BJL1116
Published: November 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Lippincott's Bone and Joint Newsletter
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Ms. Ellen Hoffmeister
Categories: Orthopedic , Surgical
Topics: Exercise Therapy , Meniscal Tear , Total Knee Arthroplasty