Each of the five faculty featured on this symposium had his fellowship training at the Indiana Hand Center (now the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center). They were all taught foundational principles and techniques by their mentors in Indianapolis. After leaving their fellowship experience, each became involved in his own post-graduate fellowship program, teaching young surgeons his own unique perspective on hand surgery. In the process, certain procedures which these five faculty members were taught as fellows were abandoned. Five of these procedures will be discussed, why they were abandoned, and what new approaches have been substituted.
Learning Objectives: By attending this symposium the attendee will understand how personal, empirical, and experiential learning affects the way students become master teachers themselves. Attendees will learn how evidence can uproot traditional education. They will be shown real pitfalls of foundational hand surgery, and alternatives the faculty regards as better options to use for five difficult hand surgical problems. Each new approach will be queried by the moderator.
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