title: National healthcare initiatives and pursuit of wrist surgery innovations: a report of the 2011-2012 Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellow.
abstract: Every year since 1982, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand has sponsored a young member as its Bunnell Traveling Fellow. Named eponymously for the late physician and father of hand surgery, the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship enables young hand surgeons to foster national and international relationships that contribute to their higher learning and advance the principles of scholarship by improving treatment of hand and upper extremity disorders. This report is an account of the experiences and insights I gained while exploring national health care initiatives and wrist surgery innovations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: cday1@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000592:standards; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012952:Societies; D014481:United States; D014953:Wrist / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Bunnell; Traveling Fellowship; hand surgery; health care initiatives; wrist surgery innovations