To create an interdisciplinary collaborating group of clinicians, researchers and educators within the Fragility Fracture Network who share an interest in understanding and are committed to improving perioperative care of people with fragility fractures across the globe.
Aims
To provide information on the ethical and moral implications of complex decision making in the perioperative period in frail individuals with fragility fractures with a special focus on the issues around nonoperative management
To develop educational tools for improving the quality, safety and efficiency of perioperative management
To gather and share examples of excellence in perioperative care at individual and structural level especially as it relates to persons who suffer from fragility fractures
To increase awareness and uptake of best practices in peri operative care
Activities
Disseminate information from a survey of attitudes and influences globally around non-operative management of hip fracture to help guide practitioners on best practices respecting societal and cultural differences
Collation of national evidence-based guidelines from various disciplines on perioperative management of people with hip fracture and other fragility fractures with the goal of disseminating findings through FFN and a publication
Dissemination of information on best practices in perioperative care through webinars hosted by leaders in the field of perioperative management
Prof Moppett is Professor of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Nottingham in the UK. He is a consultant anaesthetist, active researcher in perioperative care of older people and deputy director of the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Dr. McNicoll is Associate Professor of Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. She is a geriatrician and senior mentor for 6 geriatric-surgical co-management programs in the Lifespan Health System in Providence, Rhode Island. She is consultant to the AGS CoCare: Ortho Dissemination project.
