The ever-evolving medical literature presents ongoing challenges for practitioners striving to stay up-to-date with best practice guidelines. To support informed decision-making in patient care, this educational meeting will explore various topics pertinent to athletic trainers. Through lectures, roundtables and group discussions, participants will gain invaluable, evidence-based insights into optimizing treatment strategies.

This activity is designed for athletic trainers and other allied healthcare professionals.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Understand the factors that influence decision-making for the management of clavicular fractures.
• Discuss the factors associated with stress fractures and the role of vitamin D supplementation
• Recognize the limitations of arthroscopic fixation of anterior shoulder instability and the rationale for open intervention.
• List the benefits of sleep on injury recovery. 
• Describe the options for replacement of the ACL and factors that may influence graft selection.
• Realize the role of opioids and potential alternatives for pain management that CBD and Marijuana may offer.

To register for this free event, please click the button below and complete the short survey.

• Examination, Assessment and Diagnosis
• Immediate and Emergency Care
• Injury and Illness Prevention and Wellness Promotion
• Specialty (Orthopaedic): Medical Knowledge
• Specialty (Orthopaedic): Procedural Knowledge
• Specialty (Orthopaedic): Professional Practice

Appropriate evidence-based care is essential in order to provide optimal injury care.

• This educational event is offered as both a Live-In-Person (Limited seating) and Live-Webinar.
• Learning will be conveyed via lecture, group discussion and Q/A.

This meeting will be broadcast via Zoom.  Details for the broadcast will be emailed to all registrants 48 hours before the actual zoom broadcast. Please assure you register with a working email address.

In-person attendance is limited. The live meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of our Somerset Office, 2 Worlds Fair Drive, Somerset, NJ.  Sign-in begins at 7am and includes a continental breakfast. Box lunches to go will be available at the conclusion of the meeting. 

Online videos:

UOA Video Library – (Great place to locate prior presentations and discussions)

Ongoing Research at UOA

View the Life In Motion Magazine

All individuals who affect the content of continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the activity. The activity faculty is further required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses in their presentations. These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity.

University Orthopaedic Associates, LLC (P959) is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers. This program is currently under BOC review for approval of a maximum of 3.25 hours of Category A continuing education.  Certified Athletic Trainers are responsible for claiming only those hours actually spent participating in the continuing educational activity.

In order to meet the learning objectives and receive continuing education credits, all participants are expected to formally register for the activity, attend the program/watch the webcast and complete an on-line evaluation at the conclusion of the activity. A CE certificate will be emailed to participants upon completion of the on-line evaluation. 

Athletic Trainers:  A certificate of attendance/CEUs will be provided to athletic trainers upon receipt of their completed evaluation and post-test. It will be emailed within 1 week of the receipt of the completion of your course evaluation.

This activity was peer-reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, and balance of presentation by:  

Eric Nussbaum, MEd, ATC, LAT, Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Athletic Trainer, UOA 

In accordance with the disclosure policies of UOA and to conform with FDA guidelines, individuals in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose to the activity participants: 1) the existence of any relevant financial relationship with any ineligible company, i.e., a company whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients, within the past 24 months; and 2) the identification of a commercial product/device that is unlabeled for use or an investigational use of a product/device not yet approved.

The following faculty have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:

• Cris Beiro, MD
• Patrick S. Buckley, MD
• Charles J. Gatt, Jr., MD
• Kenneth G. Swan, Jr., MD
• Pavli Demian, DO
• Dino Pinciotti, DPT

The following planners have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: 

• Charles J. Gatt, Jr., MD
• Eric Nussbaum, MEd, ATC, LAT

Speakers are required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses of commercial products/devices in their presentation.  These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity.

UOA Somerset – 

2 Worlds Fair Drive

Somerset, NJ

PT side room, 2nd floor 

For additional program information, questions, or concerns, or if you require special arrangements to attend this activity, please contact Eric Nussbaum at 908-300-5833 or by email at ericn@uognj.com.

University Orthopaedic Associates, a division of OrthoNJ, reserves the right to modify the activity content, faculty and activities, and reserves the right to cancel this activity if necessary