Canadian Orthopaedic Association Basic Science Course Stains

About This Website

The site has been developed to achieve the following goals:

  • To introduce you to the Curriculum, and the Faculty who will present this material to you.
  • To make you aware of the important partnership between the Health Care Industry and the COA, leading to corporate sponsorship for this course, allowing all residents across Canada to have the opportunity to attend the Course.
  • To encourage you to use the links to the corporate websites to visit our Sponsors, and thus indirectly thank them for this essential support. If you click on any of the logos to the right, you will be taken to the website of our sponsor.
  • To allow you to Register on-line for the course, and to communicate by e-mail to the Course Administration.
  • To encourage you to make your accommodation arrangements with the Delta Hotel directly on-line; please note that you will need to speak to them by phone in order to confirm the corporate rate for the course.
  • To allow the orthopaedic training programs to communicate readily with the course administration using the Contact Us link.

With this website as the vehicle you should be able to make all arrangements related to this course except for your travel. Communicate with Debbie Morris, the course administrator through Contact Us with respect to travel.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation has graciously funded the development of the digital resources for the Course, and hosts this website. Doug Thomson is the CEO of the COF and the COA.

Educational Team

Dr. Tom Smallman

Upstate Medical University
Course Director

Dr. Edward C.O. Masson

Residency Program Director
University of Alberta
Western Course Coordinator

Dr. Douglas Hedden

Walter Stirling Anderson Professor
Chair, Department of Surgery
The University of Alberta
Western Course Coordinator

Dr. Kris Shekitka

St. Agnes Hospital,
Course Consultant,
Pathology and Educational Resources

Dr. Don Flemming

G. Victor Rohrer Professor of Radiology Education,
Radiology Residency Program Director,
Vice Chair for Education

Dr. John Murnaghan

University of Toronto,
Educational Consultant

Dr. Tim Carey

University of Western Ontario,
Consultant on Testing and Participant Evaluation

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