Young Practitioners Forum
2009 OTA Pre-Meeting Course
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Electronic Handouts

8:00 – Introduction: Lisa K. Cannada, MD
Trauma Profile for Young Practitioners 2009

8:10 –8:16  Choosing a Fellowship - Dan Kemper, MD
The Match Process
-What are You Looking For?

8:17 – 8:33  Your First Job - Judith A. Siegel, MD
Interviewing Strategies - Asking the Right Questions to Get What You Want
Aaron G. Osborne, DO
Creating an Opportunity

8:34 – 8:50  My First Year in Practice - Frank A. Liporace, MD
What I Learned
What I Wish I Knew
What I Would Do Differently
Peter Althausen, MD, MBA
Private Practice Trauma: Lessons Learned from the Early Years

8:51 – 9:00  A Chairman’s Perspective on Young Faculty - Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD
- Evaluating
- Promoting
- Mentoring

9:10 - 9:30  Building a Successful Trauma Practice
Timothy J. Bray, MD & Peter J. Nowotarski, MD
- The Business Aspect of Orthopaedics - Building a Referral Base
- Mentoring the Younger Partners

9:30 –9:50 am  Negotiating - M. Bradford Henley, MD, MBA
-The Top Questions to get Answered before You Sign the Bottom Line

10:10 - 10:25    Things You Never Thought Of - J. Tracy Watson, MD & H. Claude Sagi, MD
- Resources - Consulting Agreements
- Meetings
- Longevity in your Career
- Partner/Faculty Turnover

10:25 –10:35  Research - Michael J. Bosse, MD
- Finding Time - What Are Your Requirements for Research - What It Takes to Get It Started - What Makes a Good Team - Joining a Consortium

10:36 – 10:44  Preparing for the Road Ahead James P. Stannard, MD
Definable Goals: the 5-Year Plan
Being Familiar with the Business Aspect
Finding Your Niche
Developing Skills Outside of Trauma

10:45 – 10:57 - Time for a Move- Laura J. Prokuski, MD & Bruce H. Ziran, MD
Putting Yourself Back on the Market - How to Look for a New Job while
You Are Still Working

11:05 - 11:20 - Financial Management - Roy Sanders, MD
- Personal Finance

11:21 – 11:26  Boards: Preparing for your Boards – Part II - Rahul Banarjee, MD

11:27 – 11:32 - What the OTA Has to Offer - Kathleen Caswell

11:33 –11:55 - Keynote Address: Learning from the History of Fracture Fixation - Robert A. Winquist, MD

Attendees of this activity can earn up to 3.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits™

Disclaimer: The OTA does not promote this as standards of practice. This is a helpful hints lecture prepared by an OTA member.