11th Mayo Clinic Medical and Surgical Spine Course: Comprehensive Cervical Spine Update

Phoenix, AZ US

January 13, 2017 to January 14, 2017

This CPD Activity has already taken place. See the 2019 course.

Course Directors: Paul M. Huddleston, III, M.D. and Randy A. Shelerud, M.D.

This course covers current and emerging spine topics driving national change in the quality and delivery of care. Participants from all training backgrounds will learn new skills to survive in the spine care environment of the near future. A unique split curriculum delivers Mayo-quality updates via didactics, case presentations, a hands-on examination skills lab, a US-guided injection skill lab and a surgical skills lab. Overall, the course provides a rewarding clinical experience for all spine care practitioners, including surgeons, medical specialists, primary care providers and family medicine providers, as well as physical therapists, clinical nurse practitioners and PA’s.

Registration Information

To register for this course, you will first need to set up a profile and login. Once logged in, return ot this page and scroll to the bottom to select which sessions you would like to enroll in.

Full Fee: M.D., D.O., Scientist	$700
Reduced Fee: Resident, Fellow, NP, PA, Allied Health Professional	$600
Hands-On Physical Exam Workshop for the Primary Care and Midlevel Provider	$225
Hands-On Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop	$225
Hands-On Posterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine Lab	$500

Additional Information
Program Schedule (PDF)
Credit Information
Lodging Accommodations
Course Postcard (PDF)

Target Audience

This multidisciplinary course is meant for both non-operative and procedural specialists and mid-level providers in various specialties including orthopedics, neurosurgery, family medicine, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesia, as well as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Perform a complete musculoskeletal and neurological examination of a patient who presents with low back pain with or without leg symptoms.
Perform a complete musculoskeletal and neurological examination of a patient who presents with neck pain with or without arm symptoms.
Describe an evidence based approach to acute neck pain, including initial pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment, and follow up treatment when symptoms persist.
Describe an evidence based approach to cervical radiculopathy including pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic and surgical treatment options.
Respond to complications of spine surgery .
Recognize the importance of osteoporosis care and impact on surgical and non-surgical patient outcomes
Debate the advantages of cervical disc arthroplasty versus ACDF
Demonstrate and facilitate the surgical treatment and management on patients with central cord syndrome
Describe and organize the surgical treatment and management of cervical deformity
Assess and prioritize the operative and non-operative treatment of spine trauma
Summarize the impact of spine disease on global health
Review, describe and minimize common and rare complications associated with spine surgery
Understand and delineate the issues surrounding cervical spine adjacent segment disease

Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Course summary

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