Efficacy of Self-Directed Learning in the Supracondylar Fracture Performance Improvement Module at an Academic Pediatric Orthopedic Institution.

Maintenance of certification (MOC) within a medical society requires continuing medical education that demonstrates life-long learning, cognitive expertise, and practice-based self-assessment. This prospective study sought to evaluate whether a self-directed Practice Improvement Module (PIM) would improve pediatric orthopedic patient outcomes, thus demonstrating evidence of life-long learning (Part II MOC credit) in treating supracondylar humerus fractures. Six surgeons and 113 patients were included.

Does operative fixation affect outcomes of displaced medial epicondyle fractures?

Purpose: Long-term functional results remain equivocal between operative fixation and closed management of displaced humeral medial epicondyle fractures. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a functional difference exists between treatment types.

Methods: One hundred and forty patients with a displaced medial epicondyle fracture between 2007 and 2014 met the inclusion criteria.

Nonossifying fibromas of the distal tibia: possible etiologic relationship to the interosseous membrane.

Purpose: Nonossifying fibromas (NOFs) present in a characteristic pattern in the distal tibia. Their predilection to this region and etiology remain imprecisely defined.

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of patients between January 2003 and March 2014 for distal tibial NOFs.