Medical Education Program: Trauma
The Fracture Course
for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Monday and Tuesday, September 15-16, 2025
ArthroLab™ | Naples, FL
DESCRIPTION
 
The Fracture Course for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners is a first-of-its-kind course designed specifically for advanced practice providers. This two-day course features an exciting blend of didactic lectures, live demonstrations, and case-based panel discussions. APPs will gain an increased understanding of fracture concepts to bring back to their practice. Attendees will focus on ankle, distal radius, and intramedullary nailing techniques before splitting into two tracks based on their practice pattern.

FACULTY
 
Randy Bell, PA-C
Justin Damron, PA-C
 
Heather DeBerry, PA-C
Robert Kalapos, MD 
Jay Kaszyca, PA-C
Ron Kmiecik, PA-C
Larry Nilsson, PA-C
Jay Peterson, PA-C
Amanda Salandy, PA-R
Ryan Westbrook, PA-C

AGENDA
 
Monday, September 15, 2025
6:30 AM Breakfast Available at Innovation Hotel
7:30 AM Registration
8:00 AM Welcome and Course Introduction 
8:10 AM Why Are We Here? 
8:15 AM Fixation Theories and Fracture Healing 
8:30 AM




 		 Hands-On Learning: ORIF Principles
  • Lag Screw/Neutralization Plate 
  • Locking vs Nonlocking Screws 
  • Compression Plating 
  • IMN Principles 
9:30 AM Break
Didactic Session I – Ankle
9:45 AM Ankle Fracture Clinical Overview 
9:55 AM
 		 Small Group Case Discussion – Lauge-Hansen Classifications
10:15 AM Life in the ER: Ankle Fracture Consults 
10:25 AM





 		 Live Demonstration: Surgical Approaches for Ankle Fractures 
  • Lateral
  • Posterolateral 
  • Medial
  • Anterior
10:55 AM Live Demonstration: FibuLock® Implant
11:15 AM Panel Discussion: Ankle and Pilon Fractures
12:00 PM Lunch and Change Into Scrubs
Didactic Session II – Distal Radius
1:00 PM How to Reduce a Distal Radius Fracture 
1:10 PM Panel Discussion: Distal Radius Fractures
1:40 PM












 		 ArthroLab Session
  • Ankle Cadaveric Specimen 
    • Distal Tibia Plates
    • Trauma Mini Fragment System (2.4 and 2.7 mm)
    • Ankle Fracture Set
    • FibuLock Device
    • TightRope® Implant
    • InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Repair
    • NanoNeedle™ Scope–Facilitated Articular Reduction
  • 3DAnatomy™ Models
    • Custom-Printed 3D Distal Radius Fracture Models—Distal Radius Plates
4:00 PM Reception—Real
5:00 PM Adjourn
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 
6:30 AM Breakfast Available at Innovation Hotel
8:00 AM Opening Comments
8:05 AM
OrthoPedia: Online Educational Platform Review 
Didactic Session III – Hip
8:10 AM Understanding Hip Fractures 
8:30 AM Live Demonstration: Arthrex Trochanteric Nail 
9:00 AM Panel Discussion: Femur Cases 
9:30 AM Break
Didactic Session IV – Tibia 
9:40 AM Panel Discussion: Tibial Shaft Cases
10:10 AM Live Demo: ArthroFx™ Fixation
10:30 AM Announcements, Break, and Transition to Breakout
Didactic Session V – Concurrent Breakouts
PAs/NPs in Sports/General Practice and PAs/NPs in Trauma Practice

Option 1: PAs/NPs in Sports/General Practice
10:45 AM Proximal Humerus Classification
10:55 AM ORIF vs Humeral Nail vs rTSA
11:05 AM
Clavicle Plating Options
11:10 AM PHF Case Discussion
11:30 AM Live Demo: Deltopectoral  Approach
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM












 		 ArthroLab Session
Cadaver
  • Proximal Humerus Plates
  • Clavicle Plating
  • Cerclage
Sawbones
  • ArthroFX Fixation
  • IMN (Troch, Fem,Tibia, Humerus)
  • FibuLock Device
  • Elbow Plating
  • Patella ORIF
  • Trauma Mini Fragment System
3:00 PM Adjourn
Option 2: PAs/NPs in Trauma Practice
10:45 AM Polytrauma Management
11:00 AM Cases Complex Femur and Tibia
11:45 AM
Demystifying Pelvis/Acetabulum
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM














 		 ArthroLab Session
Cadaveric Rotations
  • NanoArthroscopy: Tibial Plateau and Pilon 
  • Pelvis Prosection
  • Pelvis Imaging and SI Screws
  • Traction Pin Station
  • “Perfect Circles” Station
Sawbones
  • ArthroFX Fixation
  • IMN (Troch, Fem, Tibia, Humerus)
  • FibuLock Device
  • Elbow Plating
  • Patella ORIF
  • Trauma Mini Fragment System
3:00 PM Adjourn
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