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CME expires October 1, 2029

Go beyond traditional learning with a 360° perspective on orthopedic topics.

Each ICL360 is a cutting-edge CME course designed to provide a holistic learning experience, featuring curated video content sourced from expert-selected Instructional Course Lectures enhanced with insightful commentary and comprehensive assessment questions. This all-encompassing course goes beyond traditional learning by offering a complete 360° perspective on orthopedic topics. Explore additional resources, including full-text readings from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), technique videos from Orthopaedic Video Theater (OVT), and links to external literature and PubMed. Elevate your clinical decision-making skills and gain a well-rounded understanding of essential orthopedic concepts with ICL360.

This Instructional Course Lecture provides practical guidance for building a sustainable and meaningful orthopaedic career, with emphasis on effective clinical teaching and mentorship, deliberate selection of professional opportunities, workflow and boundary management, and periodic reassessment of career priorities. It also addresses the realities faced by women and other underrepresented surgeons and the roles of mentorship, allyship, coaching, and institutional support in career advancement and well-being.

Editors   
James Gregory, MD, FAAOS  
Nick Maassen, MD, FAAOS

Learning Objectives

• Adapt clinical and surgical teaching to each learner’s level, goals, preferred learning methods, and readiness for progressive responsibility.
• Integrate mentorship and education into a busy orthopaedic practice without compromising patient safety, clinical efficiency, or personal well-being.
• Apply effective feedback principles to reinforce successful performance, identify specific deficiencies, and guide deliberate improvement.
• Evaluate professional opportunities according to personal values, career goals, time requirements, opportunity costs, and potential benefits to colleagues or learners.
• Develop a multidimensional mentorship and support network that addresses clinical practice, education, research, leadership, personal development, and difficult career decisions.
• Identify organizational, cultural, and interpersonal barriers that may disproportionately affect women and other underrepresented individuals in orthopaedic surgery.
• Use mentorship, coaching, allyship, professional engagement, and boundary setting to support confidence and career advancement.
• Periodically reassess professional responsibilities and personal priorities to preserve meaning, adaptability, and long-term career sustainability.

Earn up to 5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits™.