We offer a wide variety of educational formats to supplement formal course-based training.
WWHQ: Worldwide Headquarters Visitation
Date: Scheduled upon request – please ask your DePuy Spine Sales Representative for more information.
Location: The DePuy Institute, LLC in Raynham, MA
Description
Physicians, nurses, operating room staff and associated medical professionals are invited to visit the DePuy Institute, LLC in Raynham, MA. During the visit, you will be given the opportunity to learn more about the DePuy companies and interact with our products and people. This customized visit may include a tour of the DePuy facility, interaction with DePuy senior management and/or a hands-on educational experience that we are confident will exceed your expectations.
We encourage healthcare professionals to take advantage of this opportunity and learn more about the latest orthopaedic and neurosurgery technologies in our state-of-the-art training facility! This program is offered to accommodate different needs:
- Product overviews and discussion in conference space with key DePuy Spine personnel
or
- Product demonstrations in practical lab with DePuy Spine facilitator
or
- Meetings with DePuy Spine personnel intended for executive-level physicians/key opinion leaders
Goals & Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Leave with an expanded understanding of DePuy Spine and the company’s products
- Be able to apply in their own OR new approaches and techniques learned from the customized experience
Product Evaluation Practical Workshop
Date: Scheduled upon request.
Location: Regionally based throughout the United States
Description
Product evaluation labs are intended for spine surgeons who are familiar with one or more surgical approach, technique or competitive product. This program offers surgeons an opportunity to learn DePuy Spine products and the associated surgical techniques prior to adopting them in the operating room.
Goals & Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Have a better understanding of the specific DePuy Spine product used in the workshop
- Translate their customized learning experience into the operating room
OR Visitations
Date: Scheduled upon request.
Location: Regionally based throughout the United States
Description
The Education Through Visitation (ETV) program is designed to provide the opportunity to meet experienced surgeons in either a one-on-one or small group setting. Participants attend a live surgery and discuss surgical techniques, indications and clinical results. Program agendas are customized to suit the participant’s surgical area of interest.
All surgeries will demonstrate the safe and effective use of DePuy Spine products.
Goals & Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Discuss current clinical issues related to the content presented in the operating room
- Adopt the techniques demonstrated into one’s own practice
Dinner Meetings & Grand Rounds
Date: Scheduled upon request.
Location: Regionally based throughout the United States
Description
- A dinner meeting allows the healthcare professional an opportunity to engage in lively discussion and debate with surgeon experts in an informal setting. The instructor provides lecture and case review on current clinical issues relating to the safe and effective use of DePuy Spine products.
- A grand rounds program is typically offered in support of an academic institution or hospital program. DePuy Spine is proud to support these opportunities directly when the instructor/presenter is teaching on the safe and effective use of DePuy Spine products.
Goals & Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Discuss current clinical issues related to the content presented in the dinner program, grand rounds or X-Ray Review