Measure what they know. Teach to the gap.

Teaching kits you send your students the night before a case. They prep alone, you ask three questions in the OR, and they redraw it cold the next morning.

Anatomy

Shoulder anatomyCross-section, Through the scope, Scroll through · 3 approaches, 10 diagnostic tourTeach card

Upper arm anatomyMid-humerus, Scroll through · 4 approachesTeach card

Elbow anatomyAt the epicondyles, Radial neck, Scroll through · 8 approachesTeach card

Forearm anatomyMid-forearm, Scroll through · 3 approachesTeach card

Wrist anatomyDistal radius, Carpal tunnel, Scroll through · 7 approachesTeach card

Hand anatomyMid-palm, Finger, Physical exam, Scroll through · 5 approachesTeach card

Hip anatomyCross-section, Scroll through · 4 approachesTeach card

Knee anatomyCross-section, Through the scope, Physical exam, Scroll through · 4 approaches, 7 diagnostic tourTeach card

Leg anatomyMid-leg, Scroll through · 4 approachesTeach card

Ankle anatomyCross-section, Scroll through · 10 approachesTeach card

Emergencies

Leg compartment syndromeOn the schedule as Four-compartment fasciotomy · leg fasciotomy · 3 incisionsTeach card

Forearm compartment syndromeOn the schedule as Forearm fasciotomy · volar and dorsal release · 2 incisionsTeach card

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitisOn the schedule as Flexor sheath I&D · flexor sheath washout · 2 incisions, 3 openings, 3 routes of spreadTeach card

Open fractureOn the schedule as I&D open fracture · washout and stabilization · 3 soft-tissue cover, 3 wound sizeTeach card

Clinic

The painful shoulderExam: front, Exam: back, Why it hurts · 3 film linesTeach card

Low back painL4–L5 slice, Neuro exam, Dermatomes · 7 herniations and routesTeach card

Neck painC5–C6 slice, Root exam, Myelopathy · 4 approaches and stenosisTeach card

Case days

Total hip arthroplastyApproaches, AP pelvis · 4 approaches, 7 film linesTeach card

Total knee arthroplastyExposure, Standing AP · 4 approaches, 7 film linesTeach card

Shoulder arthroscopy and rotator cuff tearCuff and glenoid, Portals, AP shoulder · 5 portals, 3 film linesTeach card

Knee arthroscopy and ACL reconstructionPortals, Notch wall, Plateau · 5 portals, 6 tunnel targetsTeach card

Ankle fractureMortise view, Lateral view, Approaches · 8 film lines, 3 approachesTeach card

Distal radius fractureVolar approach, PA wrist, Lateral wrist · 4 approaches, 8 film linesTeach card

Femoral neck fractureOn the schedule as Hip hemiarthroplasty · cannulated screws · THA for femoral neck fracture · 7 film lines, 4 approachesTeach card

Intertrochanteric fractureOn the schedule as Cephalomedullary nail · sliding hip screw · hip pinning · 9 film lines, 2 approachesTeach card

Femoral shaft fractureOn the schedule as IMN femur · femoral nail · 2 approaches, 7 film linesTeach card

Distal femur fractureOn the schedule as ORIF distal femur · lateral locking plate · retrograde nail · 3 approaches, 7 film linesTeach card

Tibial plateau fractureOn the schedule as ORIF tibial plateau · 8 film lines, 3 approachesTeach card

Tibial shaft fractureOn the schedule as IMN tibia · tibial nail · 5 approaches, 6 film linesTeach card

Pediatric supracondylar humerus fractureOn the schedule as CRPP supracondylar humerus · elbow pinning · 8 film lines, 3 nerves at riskTeach card

Total shoulder arthroplastyExposure, AP shoulder, Glenoid from above · 5 approaches, 8 film linesTeach card

Reverse total shoulder arthroplastyExposure, Cuff tear arthropathy, The reverse · 2 approaches, 8 film linesTeach card

Carpal tunnel releaseCarpal tunnel, Palm and exam · 2 approaches, 2 incisionsTeach card

Both-bone forearm fractureOn the schedule as ORIF radius and ulna · both-bone forearm · 3 approaches, 8 film linesTeach card

Dupuytren's diseaseOn the schedule as Fasciectomy · needle aponeurotomy · 3 incisions, 2 approachesTeach card

Achilles tendon ruptureOn the schedule as Achilles repair · 2 incisionsTeach card

Ankle arthroscopyPortals, Cross-section, Through the scope · 7 portals, 6 diagnostic tourTeach card

Meniscus tearOn the schedule as Knee arthroscopy, partial meniscectomy or meniscal repair · 6 tear patterns, 10 diagnostic tour, 4 mri signsTeach card

Lumbar decompressionOn the schedule as Laminectomy · microdiscectomy · 3 decompression, 5 level and footprints, 3 slips and discsTeach card

Anterior cervical discectomyOn the schedule as ACDF · cervical disc arthroplasty · 4 approach, 2 incisions, 4 on the filmTeach card

40 kits, each reviewed by Mehdi “AC” Talle, D.O. Sources: Netter, Gray's Anatomy and Hoppenfeld's surgical exposures, with Rockwood and Green for fractures. Teaching schematics, not to scale; anatomy and technique vary. Management and indications are left to the attending on purpose. AceMedEd · Privacy