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Apply these eight learning principles for more effective teaching As educators in the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, we are continuously challenged to keep our courses effective, engaging, relevant, and inclusive. The updated and expanded second edition of How Learning Works can help! It incorporates the latest research, provides a wider range of strategies, and adds a new principle to your toolkit.

This current textbook provides residents, fellows, and surgeons with an interest in fracture care with the key aspects of, and considerations for, common orthopedic trauma cases. Divided into thematic sections and arranged anatomically, each procedure is described in detail, focusing on patient positioning and the exact steps required to complete each procedure, including traumatic fracture management, external fixation techniques and periprosthetic fractures. To supplement the written step-by-step descriptions, plentiful radiography and intraoperative photos are included to further explain and demonstrate critical or complex steps.

This book sheds new light and comprehensively discusses all aspects of surgical hip dislocation (SHD), a surgical technique which has indeed granted access to areas not accessible with standard procedures, thus allowing intra-articular osteotomies. Filling a gap in literature, this book combines detailed anatomical knowledge - as a prerequisite to avoid iatrogenic complications - and practical guidance in order to successfully manage these complex techniques. Pioneers and renowned experts in the field share best practices, tips and tricks - from patient positioning to anesthesia and surgical steps - to achieve the maximal benefit for the patient and minimize any complication risk.

This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to a selection of tried-and-tested arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgical procedures for treating pathologic conditions of the elbow. With the help of numerous figures, it explores in detail the elbow anatomy and biomechanics and provides a step-by-step guide to each surgical procedure - from simple diagnostics to complex reconstructions.

An expert, concise guide on the pathophysiology and treatment of foot and ankle disorders Foot and ankle problems can be quite complex and constitute a large percentage of orthopaedic conditions, including congenital and acquired deformities, arthritis, tumors, heel pain, nerve damage, trauma, and more. Synopsis of Foot and Ankle Surgery, edited by renowned foot and ankle surgeons and educators Simon Lee and Christopher E. Gross, is an easy-to-read resource covering a wide range of foot and ankle fundamentals.

Few conditions provoke more consternation and controversy among neurosurgeons than colloid cysts, due to their proximity to critical neurovascular structures, broad range of clinical presentation, and the risk of sudden death from increased intracranial pressure. Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle: Natural History, Decision-Making, and Operative Management edited by renowned neurosurgeons Peter Nakaji, Thomas L. Beaumont, and Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., fills the void in the literature.