TRIA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TRIA ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOWS, RESIDENTS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS IN MULTIPLE MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ROTATE IN OUR CLINIC AND SURGERY CENTER. TRIA SURGICAL SKILLS LAB OFFERS A SIMULATED OPERATING ROOM ENVIRONMENT FOR FELLOWS, RESIDENTS, AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO LEARN AND REFINE THEIR SURGICAL SKILLS. TRIA'S EDUCATION GOALS ARE (1) TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENHANCE MUSCULOSKELETAL CARE, (2) TO SUPPORT SURGICAL SKILLS EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, SURGEONS, AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND (3) TO ADVANCE ORTHOPEDIC EDUCATION OF STUDENTS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND FELLOWS. TRIA ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS LOCATED WITHIN TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON, MN. ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL TRAINING LABS: TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROVIDES EDUCATION TO ORTHOPEDIC RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS. TRIA CONDUCTED SURGICAL TRAINING LABS FOR SKILLS ENHANCEMENT AND NEW TECHNIQUES. TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE HAD 70 LABS, TRAINING MORE THAN 540 INDIVIDUALS ON VARIOUS SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. TRIA FELLOWS PERFORMED 1,450 PROCEDURES IN 2022. FOR THE YEAR, THE INSTITUTE HAD EIGHT FELLOWS, MORE THAN 50 RESIDENTS, MORE THAN 40 MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND 150 ANCILLARY STUDENTS ROTATE AT ONE OF OUR SITES. ADDITIONALLY, 109 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THE DAY IN THE LIFE PROGRAM, AND 30 ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS WERE COORDINATED. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST IS A DAY VISIT PROGRAM WHERE GUESTS CAN EXPERIENCE A TYPICAL ROUTINE OF AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS TO GAIN A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER AND THE ORTHOPEDIC PROFESSION, BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE SPECIFIC ROLES OF DIFFERENT ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS, ALLOWING FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO DIRECTLY OBSERVE A SPECIALIST IN A CLINICAL OR AMBULATORY ENVIRONMENT, AND TO OBTAIN A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND EDUCATION NEEDED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN VARIOUS ORTHOPEDIC CAREERS, INTRODUCTION TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND HOW TO UTILIZE THEM. PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE: PHYSICAL THERAPY, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, MEDICAL SCHOOL, RESIDENCY, AND FELLOWSHIP. DURING THE TRIA EXPERIENCE, PARTICIPANTS HEAR ABOUT TRIA'S PHILOSOPHY ON PATIENT CENTERED CARE, LEARN ABOUT A FEW OF OUR UNIQUE PROGRAMS, AND VIEW A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ACL RECONSTRUCTION. OUR EDUCATION COORDINATOR WORKS WITH PARTICIPANTS TO SCHEDULE A FOUR-HOUR OBSERVATION WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM. IN 2022 WE CONTINUED OUR VIRTUAL OFFERING OF THIS PROGRAM. RESEARCH AT TRIA, WE BALANCE MEASURING PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES, WHICH CAN BE CONSIDERED SMALL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS, WITH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES, WHICH ARE THOSE GRAND ADVANCEMENTS IN ORTHOPEDIC CARE. THESE RESEARCH STUDIES EXPLORE THE LATEST IN MEDICAL DEVICES, INSTRUMENTS, IMPLANTS, METHODS AND PROCEDURES. ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL RESEARCH: TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONDUCTS RESEARCH IN ORTHOPEDIC AND SURGICAL OUTCOMES FOR IMPROVED PATIENT CARE. TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENROLLED MORE THAN 90 PATIENTS ACROSS 11 CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMPLETED MORE THAN 270 STUDY VISITS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED TWO CLINICAL TRIALS. WE SUBMITTED TWO NIH RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS, RECEIVED A SUB-AWARD ON A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH ANOTHER INSTITUTION, MADE PRESENTATIONS AT LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL MEETINGS, PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS, AND SUBMITTED OUR RESEARCH WORK TO BE SHARED IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS. PATIENT OUTCOMES: TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COLLECTS PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES ACROSS MULTIPLE SURGICAL DIAGNOSES. AS WE ARE STRIVE TO DIFFERENTIATE OUR USE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES, WE INITIATED WORK TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM WIDE, SCALABLE PLATFORM TO SEND AND RECEIVE PATIENT REPORTED AND CLINICAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF A CLINIC VISIT. IN 2022, TRIA ORTHOPEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND ENROLLED MORE THAN 15,000 PATIENTS IN ITS OUTCOMES PROGRAM.