At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Notify the treating physician aware of commonly missed injuries involving peripheral nerves in the upper extremity particularly in the pediatric population.  The treating physician will gain better insight not only in the diagnosis of peripheral nerve injures but in the management, such as observation versus immediate nerve exploration and stabilizing the bone or joint injury if indicated.
• Describe the cause of pain and/or diminished motion of the shoulder and to determine the ideal treatment, that is, conservative such as physical therapy and injections versus the multiple types of implant arthroplasty, or shoulder reconstruction via arthroscopic methods.  The surgeon will also have a better understanding of utilization of outpatient versus inpatient management of these multiple shoulder conditions and different types of management and the differentiation of costs for the various types of management. 
• Selecting the various types of implant or perhaps using more conservative therapy such as arthroscopic debridement over a specific implant.  The surgeon will be provided information about the longevity of the various types of implants particularly the unicompartment knee implants and the total ankle implants.  The surgeon will have a better understanding of the novel treatments particularly of the knee and the ankle with the newer surgical implants.  The surgeon will also gain more knowledge about the rewards of outpatient total joint replacement as well the guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis in total joint arthroplasty as up to date data will be presented in these areas.