Why Register?
What does the COA Basic Science Course offer and how do I benefit? Here are some reasons for attending that you might want to consider.
Reason #1: Teaching
I am part way through my residency and am having trouble "putting it all together".
This course was designed just for you. You will learn to understand the musculoskeletal system (mss) at a cellular level. You will be exposed to normal growth and development. With this knowledge you will be able to look at a radiograph of a portion of the mss and know that you are looking at gross anatomy. You will be familiar with the microscopic anatomy that correlates with this. If there is an abnormality, you will have been exposed to its pathophysiology. You will have reviewed the processes that have led to that radiographic abnormality. You will have been given the tools to allow you to explain how this abnormality developed. Over the one week program you will have the opportunity to develop differential diagnoses using this background. The goal, then, is to expose you to the information that will potentially allow you to "get it all together".
Reason #2: Tools
The relevant information is presented to you in a variety of ways:
- Personal study: you must prepare for the course as indicated at the website ;
- Core information is presented in didactic lectures; whenever possible, clinical relevance is established;
- Lecture material is linked to the digital handout: the course CD will hold all of the relevant information
- The CD contains a digital atlas of pathology that is presented in a self taught format
- Clinical case seminars are presented daily
Reason #3: Testimonials
Comments from the course participants last fall included the following:
My overall impression of the course so far:
- "Perfectly organized, well prepared. Most comprehensive Basic Science course one can take. Warm atmosphere, sincere teachers and people generally. Thank you."
- "Outstanding course! Very well run and organized. ALL preceptors and lecturers were outstanding and make the course fun. THANKS!!!"
