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Musculoskeletal Training for Orthopaedists and Nonorthopaedists in China

  • Symposium: ABJS/C.T. Brighton Workshop on Trauma in the Developing World
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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

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Abstract

No diploma for orthopaedic surgery is available in the current medical education and licensing system in China. The orthopaedist generally receives on-the-job training in a clinical practice after getting a license to practice surgery. There are multiple training pathways to and opportunities in orthopaedic surgery, and these vary from hospital to hospital and from region to region. These include on-the-job training, academic visits, rotation through different departments based on local medical needs, fellowship training in large general or teaching hospitals (locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally), English language training, postgraduate diploma training, and Internet CME. Due to the current training system, orthopaedic techniques and skill levels vary greatly from hospital to hospital.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. David A. Spiegel for inviting the first author to participate in the ABJS-Carl T. Brighton Workshop on Musculoskeletal Trauma in The Developing World. We thank the editors of CORR for reviewing, editing, and rewriting the manuscripts the authors submitted.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710032, China

    Zhen-Sheng Ma MD, PhD, Wei Lei MD, PhD & Lu-Yu Huang MD, PhD

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

    Hong-Ju Zhang BS

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Ma, ZS., Zhang, HJ., Lei, W. et al. Musculoskeletal Training for Orthopaedists and Nonorthopaedists in China. Clin Orthop Relat Res 466, 2360–2368 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0383-4

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