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Can’t Miss Em Hand Cases
Presenter: Mark Tait, MD
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Knowledge Gap: 
The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on hand problems.

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about hand problems and how they pertain to their respective profession.

 
Release and Expiration Dates
09/23/2016 - 09/23/2019

Objectives

    1.     Explain diagnosis and management of commonly encountered hand problems.

    2.     Identify missed urgent and emergent hand problems.

    3.     Define hand injuries requiring early referral.

Biographical Info

Dr. Mark Tait is an assistant professor specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery with an emphasis on microsurgery, brachial plexus injuries, and nerve injuries.  He treats both adults and children at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

He graduated with Honors from Brigham Young University.  He completed a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery through UAMS and ACH graduating in 2015.  He was selected to attend the AOA resident leadership forum and was given the Carl Nelson Resident Leadership Award.  He completed a fellowship in hand and microsurgery at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, NC with Dr. Glenn Gaston, a hand consultant for the Carolina Panthers and NASCAR.  He received further training in brachial plexus and nerve injuries on a traveling fellowship with Dr. Christophe Oberlin in Paris, France.

He is involved in clinical and research endeavors focusing on sports and traumatic injuries to the hand, elbow, and nerves of adult and pediatric patients.  He has a special interest in brachial plexus, tetraplegia, peripheral nerve injuries, and microsurgery.  He is also interested in improving function of upper extremity amputees through the use of a myoelectric prosthesis.  His research has been published in peer reviewed medical journals and his research has been presented at various forums and meetings around the country.  He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society of Surgery of the Hand.

 


References

1. Hand trauma: A prospective study of its epidemiology, infection rates and functional outcomes with consideration of the role of early hand therapy and prophylactic antibiotics. Nicholas, Rebecca et al. International Journal of Surgery , Volume 12 , S72

2. Evaluation of Appropriateness of Patient Transfers for Hand and Microsurgery to a Level I Trauma Center HAND December 2013 8: 417-421

3. Haase and Chung; PRS Dec 2014

 

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Kim Miller
Sarah Rhoads 
Susan Smith Dodson
Mark Jansen

Speaker:
Mark Tait, MD              

Peer Reviewers: 
Kim Miller, MCHES


Instructions to obtain credit:

1.       Launch the activity 
2.       Complete the pre-test 
3.       View the entire activity online 
4.       Complete the post-test 
           (must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit)
           You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
5.       Complete Evaluation 
Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab).

 

ANCC Accreditation Statement:
Center of Distance Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation

Learn OnDemand Contact Us:
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UAMS Center for Distance Health
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Little Rock, AR 72205
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ACCME Accreditation Statement: 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

UAMS Office of Continuing Education 
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Little Rock, AR 72205 
Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968

Direct Provider Statement 
“UAMS College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

 

Designation Statement 
The UAMS College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

Disclosure Policy statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CE. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.

 

 

Type:  Internet Activity (Enduring Material)
25 Registered Users
Credits
1 Hours> Non-Accredited

1 Credits> Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education> AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

1 Contact Hours> American Nurses Credentialing Center> ANCC

1 CECH, 1 CECH> National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. > CHES