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ASPN CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
ASPN MEETING OBJECTIVES:
ASPN's commitment to research and education has encouraged the organization to add an additional day of programming to the regular two day schedule. New for 2008,
ASPN attendees will meet on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to enhance their educational experience.
1. Describe and discuss experimental techniques in nerve research.
2. Identify emerging technologies in the management of nerve and extremity injuries.
3. To explain electrodiagnostic evaluation of acute and chronic nerve injuries.
4. To identify and describe the management of nerve injury and nerve tumors.
5. To describe and discuss evolving management of nerve injury causing pain.
6. To explain the physiology of the neuromuscular junction and muscle reinnervation.
METHODS TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE:
1. Scientific presentations on current and recent advances in research on nerve injury and repair.
2. Seminars from invited experts on specialized topics related to reinnervation, reconstruction and nerve tumors.
3. Invited lectures from clinical scientists and researchers in nerve biology, pathophysiology and injury.
ACCREDITATION/CME
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and American Society for Peripheral Nerve. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is accredited
by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. (Credit hours subject to change)
ASPN ANNUAL MEETING
January 11 – 13, 2008 12.75 hours
AAHS/ASPN/ASRM COMBINED DAY
January 12, 2008 4.0 hours
Additional CME hours are available for Instructional Courses on an hour-for-hour basis, awarded solely based on registration lists, as follows:
COURSE # CME
Instructional Courses 301 – 305 1.00 hour each
Credit hours are subject to program changes.
COPYRIGHT
All of the proceedings of the annual meeting, including the presentations of scientific papers, are intended solely for the benefit of the membership of the American
Society for Peripheral Nerve. No statement or presentation made at the meeting is to be regarded as dedicated to the public domain. Any statement or presentation
is to be regarded as limited publication only and all property rights in the material presented, including common law copyright, are expressly reserved to the speaker or
to the American Society for Peripheral Nerve. Any sound reproduction, transcript, or other use of material presented at the meeting without the permission of the speaker
or the American Society for Peripheral Nerve is prohibited to the full extent of common law copyright in such material.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed and the subject material presented in the course of any activities sponsored by the American Society for Peripheral Nerve including lectures, seminars,
instructional courses, or otherwise, represent the personal views of the individual participants and do not represent the opinion of the American Society for Peripheral
Nerve. The Society assumes no responsibility for such views or materials, or implied, for the content of any Society sponsored presentations. Further, the Society hereby
acknowledges that while its broad purpose is to promote the development and exchange of knowledge pertaining to the practice of microsurgery; it does so only in
the context of a private forum without making any representation to the public whatsoever. Accordingly, the Society declares that its primary purpose is to benefit only
its members, and responsibility of the Society for acts or omissions of Society members dealing with the public is hereby expressly disclaimed.
THE USE OF CAMERAS OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IS NOT PERMITTED DURING THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
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