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The Sports Doctor for a Day Lab at OFALS (www.ofals.org) provides a unique forum for student education about current surgical techniques for the repair of broken bones. The Lab features actual surgical equipment including drills, plates and screws which the students will use to screw, pin together and insert supportive plates into realistic synthetic broken forearms. The program to be offered to the Darien students is one of a series of such classes for local high school students from NYC to Boston. Provided by Lab sponsors Synthes Corporation and the Pacific Research Corporation, the bones used are known as 'sawbones' or models. Doctors use these same synthetic bones to practice the same kinds of surgical skills the Darien students will be learning. The sponsors are supplying all the educational materials for the students. The students will be supervised by nationally renowned orthopaedic surgeon, Sports Medicine Specialist and Greenwich resident Kevin Plancher M.D., chairman of OFALS, who created the Sports Doctor for a Day Lab to serve as a medical-education outreach resource for top science students. "The core mission of the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles is to support medical education and research resources for doctors and other communities in orthopaedics and sports medicine," Dr. Plancher said. "By offering this series of programs for high school students, we are working to bring medical concepts to kids and encourage them, we hope, to consider medical careers. The students from Darien have exhibited strong interest in science and medicine through their participation in the Post 53 EMS program, and we are pleased to support their continuing science education." Dr. Plancher explained that the Lab's focus on broken forearm bones and helps bring medical and surgical concepts to the students by showing them techniques for fixing body parts that they've seen broken in their lives, whether their own, their friends or their sport heroes. Accompanying Dr. Plancher and assisting the students will be (list correct doctor names here). David Lewis, faculty member from the Darien High School Science Department, will accompany the students to the Lab. About OFALS: Based in Greenwich, Conn., The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles (www.ofals.org) is a not-for-profit foundation whose principal mission is to promote, support, develop and encourage research and education concerning orthopaedic care and advancements in technologies and treatment of arthritis, orthopaedic injuries and musculoskeletal diseases. Focusing on medical education for doctors and other health care professionals, research and community outreach, the Foundation was developed by Kevin Plancher, MD, a resident of Greenwich and one of the leading orthopaedic surgeons in the Northeast. © Copyright by ConnecticutPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of ConnecticutPlus.com, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. Articles may have been edited for brevity and grammar. CURRENT HEADLINES: Top of Page
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