Dear colleagues

Welcome to AO Recon's March edition of FacultyFocus. This issue features two articles on AO Recon's practice-oriented educational approach, published in Orthopedic Clinics by AO Recon's curriculum taskforces, and the established process of the AO's competency-based curriculum development by the example of AO Recon courses.

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AO Recon curriculum taskforces publish two articles in Orthopedic Clinics

The journal's January issue, dedicated to education and professional development in orthopedics, features two peer-reviewed articles on AO Recon's state-of-the art teaching approach.

Curriculum development: how AO Recon's curricula take shape

AO Recon courses are based on established educational planning processes that are considered to be the standard in the orthopedic education landscape.

AO Surgery Reference releases new periprosthetic knee module

The AO Surgery Reference on January 19, 2021 unveiled its new periprosthetic knee module. Made possible by the contributions of dedicated AO faculty members, the module features about 140 pages of high-value content enriched by 600 illustrations.

Share your online teaching experiences

Online learning and teaching have made a key contribution to medical education over the past months, and the AO network has been at the forefront of this advance. We invite you to share your online teaching experiences with us, so that we can share them with AO faculty across the clinical divisions and unit.

Learning within the AO: looking back and moving forward

The Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (JOT) February supplement presents an overview of past, present, and future of education within the AO

Clinical division reports

Have you been waiting to learn more about where your clinical division stands in terms of diversity and inclusion? Gain access to your individual clinical division reports now.

AO’s Richards and Topalovic support charity’s effort to keep students inspired

Two AO representatives were part of a United Kingdom-based charity’s recent effort to keep Davos-area students inspired following the pandemic-related postponement of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.

Mentorship and culture change through AO Access

The benefits of workplace diversity have been proven in terms of productivity, innovation, and financial success, yet there remains underrepresentation of some groups within the AO. The AO Access mentorship task force has been created to develop a program to address these issues and contribute to a positive culture change.

AO Faculty Development at 2021 SACME Annual Meeting

AO Faculty Development contributed to a thought-provoking workshop titled, “Creating a Faculty Development Program for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), at the live, virtual 2021 Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting.

10 tips to develop content for online learning

The key to successful online learning is creating an engaging experience with easily accessible content. Content should be user friendly, incorporating the principles of human-centered design (HCD), putting learners and their needs first. Remember you are an essential part of a team of subject matter experts, instructional designers, educationalists, video specialists, technology platform experts and more, so stay involved and enjoy the journey!

AO Davos Courses 2020: bold, fresh, and a clear success

For the first time ever, our flagship educational event, the AO Davos Courses took place entirely online. Twenty courses and five webinars were held over four days, with over 7,300 attendees taking part internationally.

Successful launch of the AO PEER self-directed online course

The AO Program for Education and Excellence in Research (AO PEER) recorded a resounding—and ongoing—success with the premier of the self-directed, online version of its popular principles of clinical research course at the first-ever fully online AO Davos Courses 2020, December 3–6, 2020.