Last Friday afternoon Orthopaedic Trainee Surgeons had a busy training day working on 3D printed models to practice fixing broken elbow bones in children. This type of simulation is a growing technique for education and has a wide range of uses in training for surgery. Practical surgery skills are a challenge to teach from a textbook, and using simulation is a safe, repeatable, and controlled setting which can be used as tool which adds to real experiences.
Supracondylar fractures are injuries to a child’s elbow and are the most common fracture presentation amongst children – usually between the ages of 5 and 8. Being able to manage this injury is a prerequisite for completing trauma and orthopaedic training.
TORC were happy to help fund the Supracondylar Simulation Event with the ultimate aim of enhancing trainee skills to improve patient care.
