In general, the progress programs are based on existing professional directional lines on the concrete area. However, there is only limited guidance in the management of complex trauma, the data regarding its management are conflicting and the existing materials are only on national level. Even if complex trauma is a main priority in all EU countries, in present the training for physicians in different countries is quite diverse both in curricula and topics and acces to training materials is limited to the learning group. In this context e-TRAUMA project aimes to support the testing and implementation of innovative practices in the field of orthopaedic vocational education ,leading to the delivery of key competences, enhancement of practical and transversal skills of the medical professionals to decrease morbidity and mortality due to complex skeletal trauma. Innovation will focus on the use of open educational resources and better exploitation of the ICT potential, but also on setting up new forms of practical training schemes and study of real life cases in orthopaedics (virtual workplaces). The consortium was designed to reflect the specific necessities required to implement the main ideas and objectives of e-TRAUMA and includes 5 partners from 4 countries (Romania, Turkey, Greece, Germany). In this way the project is following up on the experiences from different national initiatives, but extending the orthopaedic training and focusing on a broader progress program based on a comprehensive multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral and coordinated efforts for management of complex trauma. The direct Target Group of the project include medical doctors - residents or specialists in orthopedics; estimated number of persons= 150 trainees (from Romania, Turkey, France). The OBJECTIVES of the project, with regards to the programme tackled priorities are: - implementation of innovative practices (OER) in orthopedic vocational training - development of common standards and approaches for complex trauma management and development of key competencies for ortho professionals (assesment, decision, treatment protocols) - conecting theoretical knowledge with practical skills by following videos and a case studies database with a strong work-based learning component - development of transversal skills in the field of language, ICT , team work, decision - recognition and validation of skills and qualifications within and across national borders by CME creditation The intellectual outputs are represented by: -O1- e-TRAUMA s an online information resource providing up-to-date treatment guidelines to orthopaedic profesionals for the management of life threatening skeletal injuries, including fractures in polytrauma, complex and open fractures, acute peripheral ischaemia, compartment syndromes. - O2- e-TRAUMA video database. For each procedure from the guide there are corespondent videos developed by partners by filming real surgeries and capturing in real practice the manoeuvres presented in the guide. - O3- e- TRAUMA e-learning platform will be represented by a standard platform that will be personalised and adapted to specific necessities of the training materials to be uploaded. The main goal of the application is to give students the possibility to follow training materials, evaluate knowledge and communicate with all involved parties -O4- e-TRAUMA database of case studies. Consists in a repository of training material with real clinical case studies using digital imaging and accompanying notes with a multi language user interface and an assesment system. This will function as a virtual medical environment, similar with the work place. - O5- Trainer s transversal kit in orthopedics. It aims to introduce the developed resources into current VET&medical lifelong learning. The impact envisaged for target groups consist in offering an development and updating of skills and competencies as requested by labour market. Increasing employability by promotion of a skills-based approach by the collaboration of universities and hospitals as well as facilitation of personal and professional development is also estimated. In terms of organisations the impact can be defined as follows: - Providing easy usable teaching and a learning tool suitable for lifelong learning. - Enabling the medicine services to become more qualitative through increasing efficiency, through using best European practice. - Offering additional opportunities for work-based training (case studies). - More strategic and integrated use of ICTs and open educational resources (OER) by education and training; - Filling the gap between diagnosis and treatment The potentially longer terms benefits are represented by: Universities and higher education centers, Employed Medical Doctors, Professionals in health care, Hospitals, vocational training centres , associations representing the medical profession, patients.
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