3rd Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day 2020 in Zürich

3rd Swiss Ortho­geriatrics Day

Important information!

Due to the lack of planning security in connection with the Corona/Covid-19 situation, we as hosts have agreed to postpone the 3rd Orthogeriatrics Day in Zurich to Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Further details will follow shortly. Thank you very much for your interest and understanding.

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2nd Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day 2019 in Bern

2nd Swiss Ortho­geriatrics Day

Impressions

Impressions of the 2nd Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day on 31.10.2019 in Bern

Impressions

Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day in Bern

Dear colleagues,
Ladies and gentlemen 

The « 1st Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day Bern » was a great success, with around 190 participants from 16 different cantons in Switzerland. All occupational groups involved in the treatment of the elderly were represented, and we had a rich and informative interdisciplinary exchange.

On Thursday the 31st of October, we were able to build on our previous success with the « 2nd Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day » in the following sessions:

  • Session 1: « Key Note Session » Alterstraumatologie aus der Sicht der Notfallmedizin
  • Session 2: « Workshop-Session » mit « Hands-on »
  • Session 3: « Nachbehandlung – aber wie richtig? » kontroverse Debatte zu postoperativen Mobilisation nach Frakturversorgung am Hüftgelenk

Thank you very much for your interest.

Your hosts,

Prof. Dr. med. J. D. Bastian, Prof. Dr. med. Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari and Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Pape

An appointment with age

  • Treating the elderly is an exciting challenge for me – as a person, as a scientist and as a surgeon. Prof. Dr. med. Johannes D. Bastian

  • Ageing people are like museums: it's not the façade that matters, but the treasures of the interior. Jeanne Moreau

  • As long as you remain curious, age cannot harm you. Burt Lancaster

  • We need to rethink the treatment of fractures in the elderly – it requires interdisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork. Prof. Dr. med. Johannes D. Bastian

  • Even at the age of sixty you can still be forty – but only for half-an-hour a day. Anthony Quinn

  • Older patients are our future, due solely to demographics. We are all ageing, and may one day be affected by these issues ourselves. Prof. Dr. med. Johannes D. Bastian

  • Ageing is a highly interesting process: you think and think and think, and then suddenly you can’t remember anything. Ephraim Kishon