Modern teaching of military surgery: why and how to prepare the orthopaedic surgeons before deployment? The French experience

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1887-1893

  Mathieu, Laurent ^a   Joly, Benjamin ^a   Bonnet, Stéphane ^b,d   Bertani, Antoine ^c   Rongiéras, Frédéric ^c,d   Pons, François ^d   Rigal, Sylvain ^a,d,e  

^a Percy Military Teaching Hospital   (France)

^b Percy Military Teaching Hospital   (France)

^c Desgenettes military teaching hospital   (France)

^d French Military Health Service Academy   (France)

^e Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique Traumatologie et Chirurgie Réparatrice des Membres   (France)

Author keywords

Combat casualty; Humanitarian care; Military; Orthopaedic surgery; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ARMY; BATTLE INJURY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ALTRUISM; EDUCATION; FRANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; SOLDIER; SURGEON; WAR-RELATED INJURIES;

ALTRUISM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FRANCE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORTHOPEDICS; SURGEONS; WAR-RELATED INJURIES;

EID: 84942292665     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-015-2741-7     Document Type: Review

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