AO Trauma Masters Course—Management of Hand and Wrist Fractures

The goal of this course is to increase knowledge and skills for managing difficult and complex cases in the hand and wrist. As a Masters' level course, state-of-the-art techniques and approaches, best practices for treatment, and the management of complications will all be addressed at a high level.

As this is a Masters' level course, participants should have several years of experience in management of complex hand injuries and complications. Participants have preferably already completed the AO Trauma Course— Management of Hand and Wrist Injuries and the AO Trauma Course—Advanced Principles of Fracture Management.

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Target audience

Hand and wrist surgeons and hand fellows with an interest in trauma and reconstruction.

Course impressions

Competencies

Perform pre-treatment assessment including physical examination, patient history including comorbidities
Order and interpret imaging, classify skeletal and soft-tissue injury
Decide on appropriate treatment based on skillset and available resources
Apply the necessary soft-tissue repair techniques
Correct any skeletal deformity and apply appropriate internal or external stabilization using the instruments and tools correctly
Evaluate and address unexpected outcomes
Develop and implement a rehabilitation and follow-up plan

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Resources

Hand and wrist education taskforce

The hand and wrist 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.