Editor-in-Chief:  Bryce C. Allen, MD, FAAOS

ONLINE, Scored and Recorded
10 SAE CME; 100 multiple-choice questions
CME for this program expires on 1/15/2027

Evaluate your knowledge of basic science and common reconstructive issues of the knee and hip. Improve your skills in preventing, diagnosing and managing common complications such as infection, venous thromboembolism, and instability. Learn to identify factors leading to the early failure of hip and knee arthroplasty.

Learning Objectives
Completing this examination will help you:

• understand the basic science, including anatomy, biomechanics, and material properties, as relates to reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee.
• identify factors leading to successful primary hip and knee arthroplasty, including implant selection, surgical technique, patient optimization, and postoperative care.
• Identify causes of failure of total knee and hip arthroplasty and options for treatment.
• diagnose and treat dysplastic conditions about the hip and knee.
• describe the evaluation and treatment of postoperative complications, including thromboembolic disease, infection, instability, aseptic loosening, and periprosthetic fracture.
   

Self-Assessment in MOC
Credits earned by completing this Scored and Recorded Special Interest Self-Assessment Examinations can be applied to the scored and recorded self-assessment requirements as mandated by the ABOS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process and will count toward the CME credit requirement, as well.