Virtual Reality Coming to Grand Rounds? (Orthopedics This Week)
forMD press release
Let’s say you are a fellow in hand surgery at, say, University of the Hand. Wouldn’t it be informative to know how an established thought leader from, say, Duke Orthopaedics would treat a specific case? Now that is possible through the Orthopaedic Education Initiative (OEI) on forMD.com. Greg Chang, MHA, was formerly associate director at Duke Orthopaedics and is currently cofounder and CEO of forMD. He tells OTW, “The idea for the Orthopaedic Education Initiative began when I was at Duke, and grew from discussions with and leadership from several orthopedic surgeons, including Jay Parvizi from the Rothman Institute and Scott Levin at the University of Pennsylvania. The objective is to allow individuals to connect to one another by subspecialty to share knowledge and learn from experts and colleagues. Our program, forMD.com, allows residents, fellows, faculty, and alumnae of residency programs to collaborate and learn from one another so as to accelerate the evolution of knowledge in the field.”
“At present we have 17 academic orthopedic groups that have volunteered to lead these discussions on a ro...
