Contribute to the AO Guest Blog—Share your expertise with peers worldwide
The AO Guest Blogs are an opportunity to share clinical insights, highlight best practices, and reach colleagues around the globe. Publishing on these platforms allows you to expand your professional visibility, strengthen AO’s global reputation, and inspire the next generation of surgeons. By contributing, you not only showcase your leadership but also help demonstrate the value of AO’s educational programs, innovations, and research to a wider community.
In today’s fast-changing professional landscape, online visibility is mandatory, and quality matters more than ever. Surgeons looking for training opportunities or information most often start with a Google search or an AI tool, not with a newsletter. By writing an expert article for the AO Guest Blog for any of the clinical specialties, you ensure that your insights reach colleagues well beyond our existing network, meeting them where they are online already searching for answers. Your expertise can make a lasting impact.
Why contribute?
We know that our faculty are already highly engaged in AO’s mission. Contributing to the Guest Blog gives you a chance to extend that engagement to a global digital audience beyond our usual audience. By publishing in your own name on the AO website and through AO’s channels, you will:
- Expand your professional reach: Share your expertise with colleagues worldwide and make your insights visible to new audiences.
- Showcase your leadership: Position yourself as a thought leader in orthopedic education and clinical practice.
- Support AO’s mission: Help practicing surgeons understand the value of AO’s training programs and encourage them to join our learning community.
Taken together, these contributions strengthen both your professional profile and AO’s role as the trusted global leader in surgical education.
What kind of content are we looking for?
The most impactful posts address the real questions and challenges faced by practicing surgeons and provide good reads. When your article provides practical, evidence-based insights, it not only resonates with readers but also highlights the value of AO’s programs.
Content must be relevant and valuable to the audience. Useful themes to consider include:
- Practical clinical value: Skills and techniques that improve patient outcomes, lessons learned from real cases, and bridging the gap between theory and practice.
- Common challenges and solutions: Avoiding pitfalls in trauma management or sharing strategies for complex cases.
- Frequently asked questions: What questions do participants regularly raise in your courses? Where do you see recurring knowledge or skills gaps?
- Global best practices: Why international standards and guidelines matter in daily practice and how they can be applied locally.
- Collaboration and growth: How structured training builds a shared language and stronger networks among surgeons.
- The future of patient care and education: Why lifelong learning and competency-based training are essential to staying ahead in surgical practice.
These themes are good starting points—you are welcome to propose other topics that highlight the clinical or educational value of your expertise.
How to get started
Contributing is quite simple: you must take the first step, send us a short outline of your idea, and we’ll take it from there. Our editorial team will support you in shaping the content, if needed, but keeping your personal style. Once finalized, your article will be published on the AO website and promoted across AO’s channels, helping to maximize its visibility and impact.
By sharing your perspective, you help surgeons worldwide strengthen their skills and improve patient outcomes. At the same time, you expand your own reach as a clinician, educator, and thought leader.
Ready to contribute?
Take the next step in advancing your career and AO’s mission. Send us your idea to marketing@aofoundation.org today and join us in building a stronger global community of surgeons dedicated to lifelong learning and excellence in patient care.
