Welcome to Diagnosis Spotlight, a comprehensive educational course geared for orthopaedic surgeons at all career stages. This course is designed to address a critical aspect of orthopaedic practice—enhancing the accuracy of diagnosis of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. Each course focuses on the pearls and pitfalls for avoiding missed diagnoses and diagnostic errors, with an emphasis on mastering clinical evaluation, recognizing specific imaging findings, systematically evaluating differential diagnoses, and reviewing injury treatment strategies. Enhance your diagnostic skills with real-life case studies, expert insights, interactive learning activities, quizzes, and access to supplemental resources from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Video Theater, and AAOS books.
This compilation collects the following Diagnosis Spotlight courses in a thorough examination of injuries of the hand and digits:
- Diagnosis Spotlight: Carpometacarpal Joint Fracture-Dislocations
- Diagnosis Spotlight: Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon Avulsion Injuries
- Diagnosis Spotlight: Mallet Finger Injuries
- Diagnosis Spotlight: Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture-Dislocations
Note: The content of this compilation matches the content of the associated individual courses. If you purchase this compilation, there is no need to purchase the associated individual courses.
In this Diagnosis Spotlight compilation, you will review the intricacies and best practices for clinical evaluation and diagnosis of frequently missed hand injuries: carpometacarpal joint fracture-dislocations, flexor digitorum profundus tendon avulsion injuries, mallet finger injuries, and proximal interphalangeal joint fracture-dislocations. General strategies for management of these injuries are also discussed.
As an additional resource, this course includes the Revised Safer Dx Instrument, a tool developed by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine to help identify potential diagnostic errors and guide safety improvement efforts that prevent future errors. The instrument assesses various aspects of a primary care encounter for breakdowns in the diagnostic process, and its use can help standardize the detection of diagnostic errors in primary care.
Learning Objectives
- Review best practices for clinical evaluation and diagnosis of frequently missed hand injuries.
- Describe techniques to avoid diagnostic errors and misdiagnosis.
- Summarize treatment options for frequently missed hand injuries.
