Goal of the course

This AOTrauma Masters Course—Hip Fractures addresses current concepts and state-of-the-art treatment options for proximal femur fractures, while respecting the clinical know how that has been developed over decades. The curriculum will address issues critical to the successful surgical management of these challenging injuries.

Target participants

The course is designed for orthopedic surgeons with experience treating proximal femur fractures who are willing to share their experiences with and learn from their colleagues and the faculty facilitators.

Participants should have completed the AOTrauma Courses—Basic Principles and Advanced Principles of Fracture Management and must be able to communicate well in English.

Course description

The course is delivered using a combination of facilitated small group discussions (case based and debate style), practical exercises with anatomical specimens, and summary lectures. All activities are moderated by expert faculty in a highly interactive learning environment. Participants are encouraged to discuss the cases and content in an open manner and to share their own experiences.

Hotel room booking for participants

Since Madrid offers a wide range of hotels in all different categories, no pre-booking has been made for participants.

We suggest you book your room through one of the many booking tools in the internet, since normally they offer the best room rates.

There are many hotels in different categories in walking distance to the course venue.

Event venue

NH Hotel Madrid Eurobuilding 

Calle de Padre Damian 23, 28036 Madrid, Spain

Anatomical Specimen Laboratory

Centro de donacion de cuerpos (Bodies Donation Centre)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Ciudad Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Pabellón 6

Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n., 28040 Madrid, Spain