Pelvis and acetabulum
Pelvis and acetabulum education taskforce
The pelvis and acetabulum 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.
Target audiences
Pelvis and acetabulum specialists early in their career
Generalists (orthopedics) spending about 20 percent of their time on trauma (including community surgeons)
Pelvis and acetabulum experts
Trauma surgeons
Resources
Courses and webinars
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AO Surgery Reference
Check out the modules of our online repository.
Competencies
- Perform emergency clinical assessment with specific focus to pelvic ring and hemodynamic instability. Apply ATLS protocols
- Recognize when and how to perform emergency stabilization
- Perform secondary full patient assessment
- Order and interpret imaging evaluations
- Plan treatment—acute and definitive
- Assess the impact of comorbidities and concomitant injuries
- Plan and perform approach, reduction, and fixation
- Prevent, identify, and address complications
- Adapt treatment according to specific bone structure / quality
- Delineate and perform postoperative management protocol
- Perform salvage techniques
What does competency-based curriculum development mean?
Contacts
To address feedback or questions to this education taskforce, email the Curriculum Development Manager Michael Cunningham or templates@aotrauma.org.