Enduring Material

• Discuss the history of labral pathology and SLAP lesions.
• Describe the mechanism, history and clinical exam of SLAP tears
• Recognize the surgical treatments for SLAP lesions

• Children’s Health Andrews Institute (BOC AP# P10197) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 0.5 Category A hours/CEUs. Athletic Trainers should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 Hour(s) NCPD (ANCC Contact Hours). Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Sports medicine is an evolving discipline in which leadership experts can shed new information and knowledge on how to identify, prepare, develop, and promote leaders in sports medicine today. This online educational enduring material is designed for physicians and clinical staff. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between the medical knowledge and current practice with evidence-based practice guidelines to achieve optimal patient outcomes through discussions and examinations of interesting, real world cases.

Learning Outcome: As a result of this activity, the learner will identify at least one best practice for managing an athlete with superior labrum from anterior to posterior (SLAP) shoulder lesions that will enhance, validate, or cause a change in practice.

The Course Director, Troy Smurawa, MD, is an employee of an affiliate of Children's Health and does not have any relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

The Committee and Planners are employees of Children's Health and do not have any relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

James Andrews, MD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Ben Gloff, PT, DPT and Jeffrey Baggett, ATC, LAT, ATC have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

• Children’s Health is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
• Children’s Health System of Texas is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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