Fellowships

Selection criteria

We aim to identify the most promising young surgeons who dedicate the main part of their practice to orthopedic trauma care and support them in deepening their understanding of fracture care and further developing their skills.

Selection criteria for AO Trauma Fellows

AO Trauma Fellowships are in high demand, and we receive more applications each year than we can accommodate.

The goal of our fellowships is to identify surgeons who are dedicating the main part of their practice to orthopedic trauma care. We want to help these surgeons to deepen their understanding of fracture care and further develop their skills. In the end, we want each fellow to become a part of the worldwide AO Trauma community.

Selection criteria for AO Trauma Fellows

• Previous participation in the AO Trauma Basic Principles and AO Trauma Advanced Principles courses
• Orthopedic Trauma is the main part of practice
• Active AO Trauma membership
• Younger than 45 old years in the year of application
• Employment by a teaching hospital is recommended
  
  

Who selects AO Trauma fellows?

Fellows are selected in several steps, involving the AO Trauma Councils and the AO Trauma Regional Boards in each region.

1. First, each application is reviewed and evaluated by members of the national council of the applicant’s country of employment.
2. Next, the application goes to the regional fellowship coordinator (RFC). In each of the five AO Trauma regions, the regional board has appointed one senior surgeon as the RFC. The RFC makes the final decision and places the fellows with host centers.
3. If a fellow goes to a different region for his or her fellowship, the RFC of the host region confirms that the placement is suitable.