Evidence-based education for the future in the European Society for Sports traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (E
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EDITORIAL
Evidence‑based education for the future in the European Society for Sports traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Martin Lind1 · Romain Seil2,3 · David Dejour4 · Roland Becker5 · Jacques Menetrey6,7 · Michael Ross8 Received: 19 August 2020 / Accepted: 21 August 2020 © European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy (ESSKA) 2020
The profession of orthopedic surgery is constantly evolving. Fast surgical and technological progress, new forms of communication and social media, commercial pressures, deep changes in society and patient expectations, gender and generational changes among surgeons, and the shifting economic landscapes of European healthcare environments are major cornerstones of this process. The level of surgical specialization and standardization of orthopedic procedures has increased, while postgraduate and continuing professional education and training remain highly diverse. The principles of surgical education and training are anchored in the nineteenth century [8]. They are complex and, in addition to physicians’ fundamental qualities like the theoretical understanding of their specialty and empathy towards patients, surgeons need to acquire advanced motor skills which need to be learned in safe and secure environments * Martin Lind [email protected] 1
Department of Orthopedics, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, 8, Rue d Eich, 1460 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Luxembourg Institute of Health, 8, Rue d Eich, 1460 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Lyon-Ortho-Clinic, Clinique de la Sauvegarde, Bat B 29 Avenue des Sources, 69009 Lyon, France
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Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Centre of Joint Replacement, Hospital Brandenburg, Medical School “Theodor Fontane”, Hochstrasse 2, 14770 Brandenburg/Havel, Germany
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Centre de Médecine du Sport et de l’Exercice, Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Av. de la Roseraie 76B, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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NHS Fife, Hayfield House, Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy KY2 5AH, UK
[3, 4]. Despite having significantly improved over the last 15 years, education and training in the fields of interest of ESSKA (the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) still lack harmonization [5]. When the ESSKA leadership analyzed the development of the field over the last 15 years and the changing needs of their members, it appeared that postgraduate and subsequent super-specialized education and training were insufficiently structured and standardized across Europe, and it, therefore, seemed urgent to develop new and well-defined educational pathways for these [8]. Therefore, ESSKA now has developed a core curriculum which may help to harmonize specialty and postgraduate training of orthopedic surgeons [2, 7]. A core curriculum represents a shared
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