[Position Paper of the Youth Forum DGOU 2010 - part 2]. / Klausurtagung - Positionspapier Junges Forum der DGOU 2010 - Teil 2.

The aim of the "Youth Forum of the DGOU" during the Convention 2010 in Heidelberg was to place a statement concerning the professional politics in the field of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. The Bologna Process realizes a standardization of the academic training within the European Union. For medicine this concept would raise the opportunity to opt out after three years with a bachelor degree applying for alternative occupations within the health care system. However, these alternative occupations are rarely defined and, in addition, the current structure of medical school in Germany provides the highest possible education for doctors in a direct and very well established way. Thus, reforming medical school in Germany into a Bachelor-master's system is an ambivalent approach, which considers a thorough reappraisal. There is currently no necessity for an speciality training in emergency medicine. The rapid and qualified treatment by the specific subspecialty provides a high standard of care for the patient. The high frequency exposure of the trauma and orthopaedic resident with emergency cases is an essential part of the current professional training.The "Junge Forum der DGOU" continues to understand the speciality training "Facharzt für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie" as the basic module of the profession. After that it should be possible to continuing subspecialty training and obtaining "spezielle Unfallchirurgie" bzw "spezielle orthopädische Chirurgie". After that further subspecialty training should be encouraged.

[Position Paper of the Youth Forum DGOU 2010 - part 1]. / Klausurtagung - Positionspapier Junges Forum der DGOU 2010 - Teil 1.

The aim of the "Youth Forum of the DGOU" during the Convention 2010 in Heidelberg was to place a statement concerning the professional politics in the field of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. The emigration of young German physicians, the occupational image of the Physician Assistant and the quality of the German residency programs in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery we discussed as main topics. The main reason for young German physicians to go abroad is, besides better work conditions and less bureaucracy, the better structured education during residency. Therefore the "Youth Forum" generally supports the concept of the "physician assistant" as "a relief from non-physician duties rather than discussing the delegation of true physician duties". The "Youth Forum" is looking forward to collaborating on the improvement of the ongoing education of residents. In this regard, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery needs to become more attractive for young academics. We also support a uniform and nationwide curriculum, which guarantees a structured education to improve the theoretic, practical and academic skills of the future specialist in orthopaedic and trauma surgery. Additional surveys and interviews among the current generation of residents are needed to further specify the potential goals of such a curriculum. We would like to discuss the future of our speciality with our colleagues. Therefore different communication platforms including our website http://www.jf-dgou.de have been created.