OSPREY Educational Platform
A Communal Learning Platform
We believe that orthopaedic surgeons have all the ingredients to create effective
orthopaedic review material independent of publishing companies. Therefore, we have
created an educational resource that incrementally improves with the communal contribution
of the orthopaedic surgeons who use it as a learning resource. It's a simple but
powerful concept.
Content Quality Control on Multiple Levels
The criticism to any "open-source" informational site is that there are no strict
quality controls on content and it can not be trusted as a resource. We have addressed
this issues on multiple levels.
- Our system is a "regulated-open-source-system" meaning only select individuals can
create and modify content. We have assembled a team of orthopaedic surgeons who
have all demonstrated a history of excellent test performance and a dedication to
academics. Our team includes PGY5 orthopaedic residents, specialty fellows, young
orthopaedic surgeons, and supervising thought leaders from academic centers. All
are trained in the United States.
- We have strict definitions on the scope and source of our content included on Orthobullets.
In general, if it is not testable it is not on Orthobullets. Our topics only
include content from trusted review resources and tested concepts from prior test
questions.
- Orthobullets content goes through a strict and transparent content approval
process before it reaches final approval.
- Finally, our content is rated on a Five-Star rating system by Visitors. This rating
systems gives us valuable feedback and allows us to continue to improve our content
based on the visitors experience.
Lifelong Learning while Simultaneously Raising the Bar on Orthopaedic Education
The beauty of this system is that all physicians benefit from their involvement.
The residents and fellows "learn and earn" while writing content and the surgeons
and thought-leader "learn and earn (CME planned)" while approving content. Simultaneously,
we are creating a valuable free educational resource for the orthopaedic community.