Grand Rounds: Skeletal Trauma: Paradigm Shifts and Practice Habits Guest Speaker Stephen Kottmeier, MD

OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the activity, participants will be able to:
• Define paradigm shifts and its application to orthopedic trauma and evolving surgical strategies
• Familiarize registrants with methods. outcomes, tips tricks and pitfalls when employing present and evolving paradigms with regards to locking plate facture fixation, minimally invasive fracture fixation and addressing traumatic skeletal defects with osteogenesis techniques
• Understand the hazards of becoming device or technique "oriented"
• Recognize importance of scientific methodology and levels of evidence
• Acquaint attendees with the evolution of locking plate facture fixation, minimally invasive fracture fixation and addressing traumatic skeletal defects with osteogenesis techniques