Pediatrics

Children and adolescents present a unique challenge in trauma care because they are so different from adults. The risks to injured children and adolescents can be significantly reduced with the provision of appropriate care.

Pediatrics education taskforce

The Pediatrics education taskforce is a group of experts who build and continuously improve our educational program. It consists of three international program editors (IPEs).

See a full list of all regional program contributors and past international program editors.

Program description

The AO Trauma Course—Pediatric Fracture Management offers an interactive learning environment based on clinical experience for demonstrating, applying, and discussing the principles and techniques of today's fracture management in children and adolescents. The content is mainly covered through various formats of case-based discussions, and practical exercises provide the opportunity to apply and practice fixation techniques unique to pediatric fracture management.

Events defined in the curriculum

AO Trauma Course—Managing Pediatric Fractures (2.5 days)

Target audiences

Pediatrics specialists early in their career

Generalists (orthopedics) spending about 20 percent of their time on trauma (including community surgeons)

Pediatrics experts

Trauma surgeons

Resources

Competencies

The education taskforce has identified the following competencies for this area of practice:

Recognize that the outcome of similar injury patterns varies with a child’s age and adapt treatment accordingly
Manage relationships with patient and parents/relatives
Establish the natural history and decide on a treatment strategy
Assess the patient based on developmental status and make decisions based on available team/infrastructure
Perform the chosen treatment procedure
Perform and document short- and long-term follow-up; apply findings to decision making
Diagnose and treat septic arthritis in a timely manner
Recognize and address signs and patterns of nonaccidental injury
Diagnose and treat slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Manage acquired and congenital deformity
Manage pathological bone
Recognize and stabilize the pediatric polytrauma patient

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Contacts

To address feedback or questions to this education taskforce, email the Curriculum Development Manager Michael Cunningham or the curriculum support team.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics education taskforce

Program description

Events defined in the curriculum

Target audiences

Resources for faculty

Resources

Book

AO Surgery Reference

Courses and webinars

AO Videos

Competencies

Contacts

AO Trauma voices

“Our learners are constantly challenging us to be innovative and to develop more meaningful ways to share our expertise with them. This new AO Trauma pediatrics curriculum applies new learning approaches to impart the knowledge and skills they need to perform their best.”