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[[File:AAOS Logo.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''"Bones. We Like Bones."'']]
The '''American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons''' (or '''AAOS''') is a professional organization founded in 1933 for the medical education of orthopods. Continuing medical education activities focus on fixing, counting, throwing, juggling, or burying bones.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/09/bones/ http://gomerblog.com/2014/09/bones/]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/femur-stethoscope/ Orthopod Caught Listening to Femur with Stethoscope]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/stethoscope-external-fixator/ Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/orthopod-drum-kit-femurs/ Orthopod Uses Patient’s Femurs to Play the Drums]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/11/ortho-broken-wishbone/ Ortho Consulted to Repair Broken Wishbone]</ref> Ripping phone books in half is also a favorite pastime.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/03/orthopedic-applicant/ Orthopedic Applicant Tears Phonebook in Half to Seal Interview]</ref>
'''Mission Statement'''
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To consult the [[Society of Hospital Medicine]] for medical management, to use [[Ancef (Cefazolin)|Ancef]] liberally<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/orthopod-auscultates-ancef-pump/ Orthopod Caught Auscultating Ancef Pump]</ref>, and to explain diastolic heart failure really good.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/orthopedic-surgeon-diastolic-heart-failure/ An Orthopedic Surgeon Explains: Diastolic Heart Failure]</ref>, and to write notes without words.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/soap-note/ http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/soap-note/]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/orthopaedics-progress-notes/ Orthopaedics to Begin to Use Emojis in Progress Notes]</ref>