OSTEOform is an educative service developed in the frame of a 2 years long European Project, starting in November 2009.

This service consists of an e-learning platform that offers its users training courses specialized in the field of bone fractures and osteosynthesis, as well as permanent access to practical modules that allow students to improve their knowledge. Thanks to this project, rigorous and applied training material will be developed and published. This initiative is focused on long bones fracture, and their diagnosis and treatment, including implants used in their restoration.

OSTEOform is also supported by a database of anonymous cases that is continously updated with presurgical and postsurgical patient information.

The system offers:

• Specialized training courses.
• A database of anonymized clinical cases.
• A virtual community of skilled professionals (discussion boards, chats, faqs, blogs, etc).
• A news service and an associated newsletter.
• Usage of the simulation services with generic implants.
• A tool to practice bone fracture diagnosis.

Surgeons, implant designers and even students and researchers are potential users of these services, bringing the following benefits to them:

• To acquire a better knowledge of the biomechanical behavior of the instrumented human joints.
• To compare different implant configurations to obtain the optimal solution for any pathological case.
• To have access to simulate with validated models.
• To have access to a database of clinical cases.
• To join a virtual community of high skilled professionals.