I haven’t gone to ACFAS in a few years, are the lectures same every year really? Thought about going this next one but maybe not..
The 'advanced' stuff is just the basics done properly... and often with many residents/fellows to assist and round and take call.
I went to ACFAS much more when I was studying for written boards and got the student/resident rates. I still like their stuff and PI the best when I do live conf. I pay a bit better attention at live meetings, but it's often not practical or affordable or needed.
It's very good stuff from ACFAS annual meeting overall, but after awhile, I usually know what they are going to say and procedure picks on case discussions (that's a good thing). It never hurts to reinforce and stay up on standards of care or new procedures, but things usually change slooow and the anatomy is constant. I don't think there are any truly significant changes since I came out of training 10yrs ago (maybe MIS, fibula nails, ex-fix use has greatly decreased, various niche surgery and wound wizard products, weightbear CTs, more TAR models have come and failed yet more come, etc... but debatable if any of those are even optimal or necessary). Lock plates and the re-popularization of Lapidus were big, but those were while I was in school/residency.
Out in practice, the hard part for me is just doing 3-4days lectures plus travel days when you have office pts that'll pile up and missed income. If you're a hospital FTE with CME days and monies to burn vs lose it, they yeah... of course. For most ppl in PP owner or % paid, you can do ACFAS OnDemand if you want the same lectures and CME hours without the travel time or expense... just use the xtra days and $ saved to take the better half on a real pleasure vaca?
