A possible gateway for global disaster relief support

The AOTRAUMA network

Nikolaus RennerChair AOTrauma International Board

2nd Disaster Surgery Workshop

Davos, December 6th, 2013

Who are we?Home to Trauma &

Orthopedics

The biggest Clinical Division

of the AO Foundation

The AO Foundation Mission =

Our mission is to foster and expand our network of health care professionals in education, research, development and clinical investigation to achieve more effective patient care worldwide.

The AOTRAUMAMission

Value statements

Global structureFive AO regions

AOTraumaInternationalBoard (AOTIB)

5 Regional Chairpersons+ 3 Global Commission Chairs

(Research, Community Development and Education)

1960 First AO Course in Davos

Education

Strong emphasis on education from the beginning of AO

66% of total funds

AOTraumaPriority #1

2. Competency-driven curricula development

3. Outcomes measurement driven planning

EDUCATION

Three underlaying basic concepts

1. Backwards-planned educational activities

Competency- Knowledge- Skills- Attitude

Curriculum – defines all learning activities & outcomes- Faculty development- Resources (learning material)

Foster & expand the

network

Community Development

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

How to attract an active member community and maintain it?

Expand skills and knowledge base;

build expertise

Circulate ideas at the national, regional and

international level

Foster knowledge exchange and share

best practices (face-to-face and digital)

Communicate the AOTrauma portfolio and

create awareness within the trauma and orthopedic community

Motivate members for active involvement

To improve patient care through access

to a range of knowledge services

To improve patient care through access

to a range of knowledge services

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Global AOTrauma NetworkOver 7,800

members*

* end of November 2013

Closing Remarks

Who we are and what we have

What makes us exceptional

Who we are and what we have

• A network of surgeons, researchers and operating room personnel dedicated to improving patient care in musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedics

• A voluntary, independent community of medical officers, faculty and committed surgeon members

• Thinking globally - acting locally through regional boards and country councils

• Well established process in developing competency driven educational modules tailored to the needs of our community

What makes us exceptional

• Passionate faculty and healthcare professional members

• Efficient across all cultures by acting on local knowledge and needs with demonstrable experience in emerging markets, especially Asia Pacific and Latin America

What we will have

• A database of prequalified, austere-environment disaster responders enabling us to more quickly connect AOTrauma members with the respective government, military, or nongovernmental organizations that ask AO for assistance

• Getting underway in Asia Pacific in 2014 (AOTAP), other regions to follow

• Competency driven curriculum for disaster surgery

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