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ABC Travelling Fellows
Fig. 1 The Fellows hosted by the British Or thopedic Association for a welcome lunch.
he American-BritishCanadian (ABC) Travelling Fellowship started in 1948 as an exchange of fellows between the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States; South Africa, Australia and New Zealand joined in subsequent years. It is an invaluable opportunity to build collaborations, share knowledge, and develop friendships across the world. We are privileged to present the experiences of the 2015 ABC Travelling Fellows. During our five-week tour, we visited the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. We were greeted with the kindest of hospitality and friendship throughout. We learned that, as a global community of orthopaedic surgeons, we share the common challenge of providing high quality, value-based care. We were inspired to continue to improve how we train and educate residents, think about important
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Fig. 2 The Fellows visiting the Hunterian Museum with our hosts in Glasgow.
research questions, and provide the best care for our patients. United Kingdom Upon our arrival in London, we were graciously welcomed by the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and The Bone & Joint Journal. Our UK tour was meticulously organized thanks to David Limb (BOA honorary secretary), Hazel Choules, and Emma Storey (Fig. 1). In London, we were able to visit a number of prominent academic and clinical centres. Our first visit was to the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, a collaborative effort between the National Health Service and University College London, directed by our host, Professor Fares Haddad (ABC alumnus), the Editor-in-Chief of the BJJ. Together, we discussed the critical issues in academic medicine including authorship for large, multicentre RCTs, poor quality science, and how to approach big data
from national registries. We were later hosted by Professor Tim Briggs (ABC alumnus), Past President of the BOA and Mr Robert Pollock (ABC alumnus). Together, over a traditional English breakfast, we discussed issues of access, outcomes, quality, training, registries and costs of care. At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, we were greeted by Mr William Aston (ABC alumnus) and Professor Alistair Hart as guests of the 25th Annual Seddon Society chaired by Professors Briggs and Hart. We learned that Sir Herbert Seddon was a worldrenowned authority on the brachial plexus, polio, TB and congenital dislocation of the hip, as well as being an orthopaedic surgeon to Sir Winston Churchill. We were then hosted by Mr Pramod Achan (ABC alumnus) at the Royal London and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. For the main academic session of the day,
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