Building on a long legacy of excellence, the orthopaedics team at LHSC has a vision to become a top international leader in training residents and surgical fellows, specialist nurses and occupational therapists in the areas of joint replacement, sport medicine and complex spine and trauma care.
To help achieve this vision, a donor-funded Orthopaedic Care Teaching Room was created at University Hospital (UH) where trainees can hone their skills in a modern, dedicated space.
The space once consisted of a 40-year-old conference room and an underutilized staff locker room. By combining the rooms, an additional 12 feet in space was created in order to fit as many as 28 trainees in the lecture seats. The new room, completed in April 2018, is equipped with the latest audiovisual technology to provide access to the Ontario Telemedicine Network for information sharing across institutions and to view and discuss detailed surgeries, x-rays and more.
LHSF would like to thank the many generous individuals and businesses who gave to the Orthopaedic Care Teaching Room to facilitate its construction. Dr. Robert Bourne, retired orthopaedic surgeon at LHSC and long-time hospital supporter, donated more than $100,000 to the Teaching Room. Having worked as a teaching surgeon for more than four decades at University Hospital, Dr. Bourne has trained countless surgeons.
“High-quality medical education is the foundation for progress – training our future doctors to provide exemplary care, to teach and to innovate,” Dr. Bourne says. “To fulfill this mandate, state-of-the-art teaching facilities are essential to provide an optimal learning environment. With this in mind, it is an honour to have played a small role in making this new orthopaedic teaching room a reality.”
John MacFarlane, President & CEO, LHSF; Dr. Steven MacDonald, Chair/Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery; Dr. Robert Bourne, Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon; Donna Bourne and Dr. James Howard, Orthopaedic Surgeon