AO Trauma Course—Fracture Care in Older Adults
This course is aimed at General trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, geriatricians, and medicine physicians who want to:
- Improve their surgical and medical care of patients with fragility fractures
- Make improvements in their hospital's and department's approach to fracture care in older adults
Participants should be actively involved in fragility fracture care. In addition, surgeon participants should have completed the AO Trauma Courses—Basic Principles and Advanced Principles of Fracture Management.
Participants will learn how the overall care of the fragility fracture patient can be substantially improved. Since the fracture represents only one aspect, orthogeriatric comanagement of the patient from admission to completion of rehabilitation is the optimal approach. This course delivers the latest evidence as well as practical details on the comprehensive management of fragility fractures in older adults, with the aim of changing attitudes and improving the care of this patient group.
Why you should choose this course
Top national, regional, and international faculty
2-3 days in duration
For surgeons who already treat (older adults)
Network with colleagues from all over the world
CME credits
This course is aimed at General trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, geriatricians, and medicine physicians who want to:
- Improve their surgical and medical care of patients with fragility fractures
- Make improvements in their hospital's and department's approach to fracture care in older adults
Participants should be actively involved in fragility fracture care. In addition, surgeon participants should have completed the AO Trauma Courses—Basic Principles and Advanced Principles of Fracture Management.
Participants will learn how the overall care of the fragility fracture patient can be substantially improved. Since the fracture represents only one aspect, orthogeriatric comanagement of the patient from admission to completion of rehabilitation is the optimal approach. This course delivers the latest evidence as well as practical details on the comprehensive management of fragility fractures in older adults, with the aim of changing attitudes and improving the care of this patient group.
Target audience
- Practicing surgeons in orthopedic trauma, orthopedics, and general trauma
- Geriatricians and other medicine physicians (eg, internal medicine, anesthesiology)
- Residents/trainees (surgical and medical)
Course impressions
Competencies
The education taskforce has identified the following competencies for this area of practice:
- Correctly fix fragility fractures as indicated
- Adapt treatment in line with aging
- Recognize comorbidities and polypharmacy
- Prevent, identify, and treat complications
- Address secondary prevention (osteoporosis, falls)
- Restore function early
- Apply the basic science of fixation and bone biology
- Initiate and comanage patient care with the healthcare team
- Build a system of care for fragility fractures
- Seek to restore and preserve functionality, independence, and quality of life
What does competency-based curriculum development mean?
Resources
Orthogeriatrics Mobile App
Discover this educational tool for health-care professionals managing older adults with fragility fractures.
AO Surgery Reference
Explore the award-winning online repository for surgical knowledge, describing the complete management process from diagnosis to aftercare for fractures in a given anatomical region.
Orthogeriatrics education taskforce
Joseph Nicholas (US)
Term: 2020–2025
Theo Tosounidis (Greece)
Term: 2025–2027
Radwan G Metwaly (Egypt)
Term: 2025–2027
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