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Hugh S. Miller received a McLaughlin Travelling Fellowship and returned in 1960 as Director of the Vancouver General Emergency Department, a position he held until 1985. Fracture care was exclusively within the purview of orthopaedic surgeons. In 1975, Dr. Robert N. Meek returned after a fellowship in Davos, Switzerland. He introduced the AO technique. Through his efforts, leadership and education of younger surgeons, the orthopaedic trauma subspecialty was developed in B.C. The Vision of Orthopaedic Surgery Leadership Dr. Patterson led the division from 1951 to 1973 and was succeeded by Dr. Ken S. Morton in 1973, a position he held until 1984. The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery began in 1951 and ended in 1984, when orthopaedics separated from the Department of Surgery. In 1984, the Department of Orthopaedics was created and as of 2017, it remains the only Department of Orthopaedics in Canada. Creation of the Separate Department Creation of the department was strongly opposed, particularly by other surgical disciplines. The criteria laid down by the university were stringent and included: 1. Sufficient body of knowledge. 2. Sufficiently separate from the previous parent department to give reason to believe that the academic discipline would be fostered in its growth by independent standing. 3. That the discipline have an active undergraduate and/ or graduate program which is of sufficient magnitude to justify greater status as a full department.
Upcoming COA/CORS/CORA Annual Meeting Dates Dates de la prochaine Réunion annuelle de l’ACO, de la SROC et de l’ACRO
2018
June 20-23 juin CORA Meeting/Réunion de l’ACRO June 20 juin Victoria, BC
2019
Combined with the 2nd ICORS Meeting June 19-22 juin CORA Meeting/Réunion de l’ACRO June 19 juin Montréal, QC www.2019icors.org COA Bulletin ACO - Fall/Winter - Automne/Hiver 2017
4. That the research productivity of the discipline and, in its present setting, give sufficient promise to believe that even greater academic output would be achieved with departmental status. In 1965, the University of British Columbia Senate stated, “This organization encompasses a distinct portion of the intellectual, artistic or professional world. It contains within it internal subspecialization. It undertakes research and teaching at the undergraduate and usually also at the graduate level. It is in the area of subject matter which is likely to be of interest over an extended period of time.” In making its successful submission for departmental status, it was specified, “Orthopaedics is distinct from other surgical specialties in that it involves the musculoskeletal system. It is a specialty of long-duration care, not only from infancy to old age, but individual patients with a single disease condition. “More than in any other specialty, the surgical aspects of patient care represent a relatively small percentage of patients where the medical aspects of patient care are relatively large. Rehabilitation is a much greater commitment in orthopaedics than it is in any other surgical specialty and the orthopaedic surgeon’s daily liaison is not with other surgeons with the exception of the area of trauma, but rather, with general practitioners, paediatricians, rheumatologists, hematologists, physiatrists, oncologists, orthotists and engineers.” 1984 In 1984, the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery was removed from the Department of Surgery and a new department created, the Department of Orthopaedics, the Head being Robert W. McGraw (1984 to 1995). So began Phase III of orthopaedics in British Columbia. Stay tuned for more!