Wrist Basecamp: A New Digital Tool for Teaching Wrist Arthroscopy

The treatment of wrist pathologies has been revolutionized by the advent and development of wrist arthroscopy. Since then, many indications have been modified and others continue to be developed every day. Although not part of the surgical philosophy of some centers, wrist arthroscopy remains an indispensable tool for any modern wrist surgeons, regardless of where they practice. The objective of the seniors is now to pass on their experience to younger students who are curious to learn new techniques. However, the record is not reassuring. According to one of our reports, more than a third of the hand surgery residents had never seen a wrist arthroscopy and approximately 80% of them had seen only a small number of wrist arthroscopies (between 0 and 10).[1] Therefore, we wondered about the different ways of training in this field. Numerous courses on cadavers are organized each year by different scientific societies with a predominance of courses organized by the IRCAD-IWC throughout the world, in close partnership with IWAS (EWAS) and APWA. However, although being the most efficient way to learn arthroscopy,[2] these courses on cadavers are very expensive, especially for young residents, are not numerous enough, and, despite all the efforts of the organizers, are still geographically complicated for many students. In addition, recently, the successive waves of sanitary lockdown have forced us to change our teaching method. Since March 2020, virtual training, e-learning, and other means of online training are breaking records and seem to be a new and very satisfactory learning solution.[3] It is therefore necessary to encourage teaching of wrist arthroscopy and to allow anyone to train anytime and anywhere at a lower cost. This is why IRCAD-IWC, in partnership with IWAS and APWA are offering a completely free online educational program: The Wrist Basecamp. In this new methodological tool, a large number of surgical techniques are grouped by theme, as well as lectures by experts concerning wrist problems. Tests and examinations validate continuing professional development at the European level (“CME point”). This “living” shared platform is set to grow through the transmission and publication of your techniques and lectures on this Basecamp which remain open for all of you. Indeed, we have used the fantastic database that we have here at IRCAD with WebSurg, but we are very open and we will ask you to send us anything you think is appropriate to enrich this teaching platform ([e-mail]). With the aim of training anyone interested and free of charge, this platform will represent a network for sharing experience and a new technique in our educational arsenal.

https://websurg.com/fr/basecamp/wrist

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11. Juli 2022

• References

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