OUR PICK FOR BEST SMALL SPINE SURGEON MEETING
Remember this old saw? We retain 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what is discussed with others, 80% of what we experience personally and 95% of what we teach to someone else.
That is why, in a nutshell, small spine meetings are so much better for physicians who want to improve their practice or their skills than the mega-meetings and why, Dr. Antonio Castellvi’s annual meeting in Duck Key, Florida is the best of the best small meetings.
At small meetings time is on your side, not your enemy. Which is to say that you won’t see cattle calls at the podium or death by PowerPoint or wham, bam, thank you ma’am science.
With the luxury of time, people who attend these small meetings receive the greatest professional gifts of all—discussion, debate and thoughtful dialogue with the best clinicians and researchers.
Replacing the clock with an extended review of each faculty member’s most recent clinical work, or new technique, or perhaps a new tool or implant, or study or a complication has the effect of, well, changing the entire experience. At small meetings something magical hap...
