Orthopaedic Mailing Lists

Mailing lists that cater to the needs of orthopaedic surgeons have been in existence since 1995. There has been a good deal of fluidity in the organization of the lists but since 1998 the majority of orthopaedic surgeons who use a mailing list subscribe to one or more of the "Orthopod" family of mailing lists. These include

Orthopod

 a general list with a wide international readership (Archives)

Hand

 for hand surgeons and therapists (Archives)

Arthroplasty

 for discussion of joint surgery (Archives)

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

 for discussion of orthopaedic aspects of sports medicine (Archives)

Spine

 for discussion of spine surgery (Archives)
The Orthopod list is very vigorous with an average of 8.8 messages a day in 1998. The Hand Surgery list is also very popular with weekly case presentations moderated by Charles Elton. The Sports Medicine list is still active less so than the others. The remaining lists have very little traffic.

For this form of communication to work one has to have a reasonable expectation that questions and problems are answered. Conversely to "lurk" on the list one has to expect that the discussion will be about interesting topics. The experience has been that if an individual or small group takes some responsibility for keeping the list going it is a valuable experience. If no one takes this on, or the person doing it stops then the level of discussion deteriorates and the list no longer interests people.

Other lists with a focus on orthopaedics or trauma are

Hand Surgery Mailing List Associated with the Electronic Journal of Hand Surgery at Leeds University UK

IndiaOrth Mailing List : Primarily focusing on issues related to Indian orthopedics. A very active mailing list

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Newsletter and Orthopaedic Trauma Association Case Discussion Site Archived from the discussion forum

Ortopedía (en Castellano) La primera lista de correos en español para cirujanos ortopédicos, rehabilitadores, radiológos, etc.

Podiatry Mailing List funded by Joint Academic Network (JANET) in the UK

Scoliosis Mailing List five lists for professionals, patients, parents etc for discussion of scoliosis issues.

The Trauma list at Trauma.org is also a very vigorous list but discusses trauma subjects with a much wider focus than orthopaedics.

Trauma-L Email List Hosted by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Turk_Orthopod Turkish language email list organised to provide a high quality and academic discussion forum for Turkish speaking Orthopaedics and Trauma surgeons.

 

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