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01-10-2008 | Symposium: ABJS/C.T. Brighton Workshop on Trauma in the Developing World

Musculoskeletal Training for Orthopaedists and Nonorthopaedists: Experiences in India

Authors: Anil Arora, MS, Anil Agarwal, MS, Panos Gikas, MBBS, Apurv Mehra

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 10/2008

Abstract

In India, health policies, services, health indices, and medical education are improving despite the country’s enormous population and limited resources. Orthopaedic training in India should be geared to serve the predominantly rural population (72% of total population) living in some 550,000 villages, but unless the basic amenities improve in villages and towns, orthopaedists will remain averse to serving in these areas. Traditional practitioners play an important role in musculoskeletal trauma care in villages and even some town and city areas, and hence cannot be ignored. We suggest a stratified system of orthopaedic training for medical graduates, postgraduates, and paramedics with a well-defined need-based curriculum, and a clear cut division of labor, terms, and conditions to suit the stratified social and demographic structure of India. This stratified system is intended to provide appropriate musculoskeletal trauma care services to the rural population, reduce neglected and mismanaged trauma, consequently avoiding subsequent orthopaedic disability, and reduce the financial burden of managing these cases. This system also intends to prevent overloading of teaching hospitals and apex institutes and ensure availability of subspecialized orthopaedic services in the country at designated centers. Traditional practitioners shall be periodically educated regarding safe orthopaedic practices, which are anticipated to yield improved trauma care services.

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Title: Musculoskeletal Training for Orthopaedists and Nonorthopaedists: Experiences in India
Authors: Anil Arora, MS
Anil Agarwal, MS
Panos Gikas, MBBS
Apurv Mehra
Publication date: 01-10-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 10/2008
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0410-5

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