The Karnataka Orthopaedic Association is hosting the 69th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association -IOACON 2024 in Bengaluru from December 2 to 7 at Bengaluru Palace.
With the theme ‘Enhancing Skills – Optimising Care’, the conference is being conducted in the city after a gap of 16 years, said H.S. Chandrashekar, chairperson of the conference Organising Committee. Over 6,000 delegates from across the country and abroad are expected to attend, he said at a press conference on Monday.
“As a part of the conference, a post-graduate training program is being organised at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) from Monday (December 2), 2024. As part of the conference, 17 workshops are being conducted on December 3 at different hospitals in Bengaluru,” he said.
While cadaveric workshops are being conducted at Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre and St. John’s Medical College, live surgery workshops are being conducted at Bangalore Medical College, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics and Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. Other workshops are being conducted at Bengaluru Palace,” the doctor said.
The main conference that will start on December 5 at Bengaluru Palace will comprise postgraduate presentations, didactic lectures, and interactive sessions, where experts in the field of orthopaedics will share, deliberate, discuss and collaborate on the recent advancements and latest technologies, he said.
As part of the conference, a Road Safety Awareness Week has been organised starting December 1. This public awareness initiative is aimed at educating the general population about the importance of road safety, which will contribute to preventing road traffic accidents, a major cause of mortality. A 5K walkathon is also being organised on December 5 at Bengaluru Palace as a part of road safety awareness, he added.
source/content: thehindu.com (headline edited)