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Welcome to our ninth newsletter. In this issue, we bring the most important news of the trimester that just passed and disclosure our main events and courses to the next trimester.
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Meet the winners of the International and Regional Educators of the Year Award
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The Educator of the Year Award distinguishes a long standing and highly respected member of the AOSpine community who has demonstrated sustained and significant contribution to educational excellence.
The 2017 International Educator of the Year winner is Néstor Fiore, one of the oldest Faculty of AOSpine Latin America and former board member. He developed the educational model and objectives of the Advanced Level Specimen Course—Tumors since its first edition in 2013 up today acting as Chairperson of these courses. He is the head of the virtual learning initiatives offered by AOSLA since 2013, being responsible for the development and implementation of the Continued Education Program, a 3-years virtual course launched in 2016.
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He is also the champion of the Task Force for Online activities, organizer of the AOSpine Latin America Virtual Library, and acts as chief-editor of the articles published in the Continued Education Program.
The 2017 Regional Educator of the Year winner is Luiz Gustavo Dal Oglio da Rocha, who is the head of the Hospital-Based Seminars (HBS) Regional Task Force. The HBS is a model of low cost half-day seminar based on the AOSpine curriculum and set as a ready-made package easily reproducible. He is also member of the Education International Task Force and support the development and implementation of AOSpine Latin America principles course model.
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Asdrubal Falavigna won the Best paper award during the GSC 2018. The Global Spine Congress 2018 had a huge number of abstracts received. With 1100 abstracts submitted, more abstracts have been submitted to the GSC 2018 than to any other spine event worldwide. Read more »
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Meet the elected for the AOSpine Latin America Regional Board. AOSpine Latin America is pleased to announce the elects for Chairperson and Research Officer positions. These roles are currently held by Asdrubal Falavigna (BR) and José Jiménez (MX), whose terms end in June 2019 and June 2018, respectively.
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Last places available for the ultimate spine event in Latin America. The third edition of our Regional Courses will take place in Sao Paulo (June 7-9, 2018) and for the first time the modules will be all Master Level. Read more »
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AOSpine Member can join the livestream and interact with some of the world’s leading spine experts. The AOSpine Livestream—Latest trends in spine surgery will bring together spine experts from different countries to provide high quality information on the latest advancements and treatments on spine pathologies. Read more »
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In 2018, we had the 9th edition of the AOSpine Advanced Level Live Tissue Course—Avoiding complications in anterior approaches and complex procedures. It took place in Curitiba/Brazil (March 16-17, 2018). The Chairperson was Luiz Vialle (BR), the EA was Emiliano Vialle (BR) and the Faculty group had Néstor Taboada (CO) among other national faculty.
The course was designed to show how to perform anterior access to the lumbar spine with identification of anatomical landmarks; anterior lateral access through the psoas |
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muscle, identifying the lumbar plexus; anterolateral access to the thoracic spine, repairing the diaphragm and identifying anatomical reference points; and osteotomy of the posterior elements of the column. It allows the participant to understand applied anatomy of the lateral approach to the lumbar spine and anterior approach to the lumbar and thoracic spine and to prevent and manage vascular lesions during anterior access to the lumbar spine.
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AOSpine Latin America is pleased to announce the election for country council’s positions. We started the call for the 2018 Country Councils Elections. The positions are open in eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Rep, Mexico, and Venezuela. We invite the applications for different positions in those countries. Read more »
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For 2018, we have three different courses about research:
• Research in Database
(April 8 - May 26)
• Guidelines for writing a scientific paper
(July 1 - August 18)
• Guidelines for interpreting the evidence
(September 9 - October 27)
The courses are online and the participant will receive an academic certificate. The UCS recognizes the courses as "extension courses". With the academic recognition of a University, the participant can request
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accreditation on his/her own country. Accredited certificates ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality.
According to José Jiménez, AOSpine Latin America Research Officer, as a way to keep at the forefront and to improve our activities, particularly the courses about Education in Research, we have now the University of Caxias do Sul accreditation, which allows an extracurricular value, placing the educational process in standards of professionalization.
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A study group from AOSpine Latin America had its article accepted for publication in the World Neurosurgery. A study group focuses on MIS had its article accepted in the World Neurosurgery. The article entitled "Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Radiation Exposure Amongst Spine Surgeons: Latin America" will be published in the next issue of the journal. Read more »
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