Joint Injections and Aspiration Edition 3
Online CME
Fine-tune your skills to deliver targeted, point-of-care treatment of musculoskeletal-related diagnoses. This essential offering can help patients avoid prolonged pain and adverse side effects of systemic therapies as well as costly orthopedic consultations.
Leaders in the field with 100 combined years of experience will provide rationale behind each injection, including:
- Proper location of palpation-guided landmarks
- Adjusting for pitfalls and challenges
- Appropriate dosages, timing, and coding
Consider completing the Musculoskeletal Examination Edition 3 before taking this course.
AAFP Member: $89
Student or Resident: $69
Other Health Care Professional: $89
Nonmember: $119
Fran O’Connor, MD, MPH, FACSM, FAMSSM
Course Director, Professor, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Fred Brennan, DO, FAOASM, FAAFP, FACSM, FAMSSM
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida-Morsani, Tampa, Florida
Chad Hulsopple, DO, FAAFP
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
James W. McNabb, MD, FAAFP
Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Private Practice – Full Circle Family Medicine of Piedmont HealthCare, Mooresville, North Carolina
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Evaluate whether joint injections and aspiration are for diagnostic information, patients’ pain relief, mobility improvement, or to reduce inflammation.
- Compare musculoskeletal injections by joint site, steroid agent and dose, and identify potential side effects that may occur.
- Counsel patients on potential risks and side effects from corticosteroid joint injections.
- Assess the benefits of adding musculoskeletal injections to practice.
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The AAFP has reviewed Joint Injections and Aspiration Edition 3 and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.5 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 2/08/2024 to 2/8/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.