Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) 59th Annual Meeting is organized by Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) and will be held during Dec 11 - 15, 2017 at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America.
The target audience for this medical events is Orthopaedic Surgeons has been developed
primarily for orthopedic and trauma surgeons. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 33.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Course Description :
The intent of the SOMOS Meeting is to provide an educational forum for the exchange of
militarily relevant orthopaedic surgical advances in order to optimize the delivery of orthopaedic
specialty care within the Department of Defense.
Course Objectives :
Orthopaedic surgeons should attend updates reporting on the contemporary practice of
orthopaedic surgery on a regular basis. Paramount to the process of continuing medical education
is the sharing of new techniques and its outcomes. The SOMOS Annual Meeting provides the
opportunity for the military orthopaedic surgery community to share their combined experiences
and knowledge, so that individual practitioners can incorporate the most recent advances into
their own current surgical practice. By the end of the meeting, individual SOMOS attendees will
be able to do the following:
• To identify the current trends and updates pertinent to military orthopaedic surgeons relating to wartime trauma.
• To describe current treatment recommendations for common military orthopaedic conditions involving sports, foot and ankle, hand, spine and pediatric conditions.
• To formulate a plan for the assimilation of current trends and standards into their own surgical practice.
• To identify advances specific to their orthopaedic practice.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.