Haitian Annual Conference on Orthopaedic Traumatology: Building Surgical Capacity Through Academic Collaboration

J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct:32 Suppl 7:S16-S17. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001291.

Abstract

The Assemblée Annuelle Haitienne de Traumatologie Orthopedique (Haitian Annual Conference on Orthopaedic Traumatology) is an international orthopaedic conference, conducted each Spring in Haiti in French and English. It brings together most of Haiti's practicing orthopaedic surgeons, trainees from Haiti's 3 residency training programs, and a visiting faculty from overseas. The Haitian Annual Conference on Orthopaedic Traumatology has become an unexpected cornerstone of 1 program to support and nurture the development of orthopaedic surgery in that country.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Haiti
  • Humans
  • Internship and Residency / standards
  • Orthopedics / education*
  • Orthopedics / standards
  • Traumatology / education*
  • Traumatology / standards