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.

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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.”

Jonathan Dwyer, past member of the pediatrics education taskforce

This curriculum redesign

This curriculum redesign

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).
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Keith Baldwin (USA)

Term: 2025–2027

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Ali Turgut (Turkey)

Term: 2026

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Khalid Khoshhal (SA)

Term: 2024 – 2026


Regional Program Contributors (RPCs)

Asia Pacific
John Mukhopadhaya (India)
Kanyika Chamniprasas (Thailand)

Europe and Southern Africa
Pavel Drac (Czech Republic)
Anna Clarke (UK)

Middle East and Northern Africa
Ali Bakir Al-Hilli (Iraq)
Ayesha Saeed (Pakistan)

Latin America
Sergio Nossa (Colombia)
Andrés Roncoroni (Argentina)

North America
Verena Schreiber (USA)
Caroline Tougas (USA)

AO Curriculum Development Manager:

Maria Rodriguez

Past taskforce members

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

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Competencies

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

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

What does competency-based curriculum development mean?

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Contacts

To address feedback or questions to this education taskforce, email the Curriculum Development Manager Maria Rodriguez.