Standards & Guidance
The BOA publishes standards and guidance relating to professional and clinical practice issues within orthopaedics, and champions issues relating to high-quality care and professionalism. In this section you can find:
- BOASTs – BOA Standards for Trauma & Orthopaedics
- BOA Associated Guidelines – guidelines for which the BOA is not the sole author but has collaborated with other specialty associations or specialist societies
- BOA Reviews
- Commissioning Guides
- Consultant Advisory Book – BOA document published 2014
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Expert Witness Guidance: Preparing Medico-legal Reports – Practical guidance for orthopaedic surgeons preparing expert medico-legal reports. An update on guidance from the BOA Professional Practice Committee, previously published in the JTO in 2015.
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Guidance Documents – covering a range of professional practice and clinical practice issues
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NICE Trauma and Orthopaedic Guidelines – links to NICE Guidelines, Quality Standards, Interventional Procedures Guidance and Technology Appraisal Guidance relevant to different areas of T&O.
- Medico-legal resources – A selection of guidance documents, videoes and JTO articles on Medico-legal issues.
We also provide our online resources for supporting surgeons – through ‘Orthopodcasts’ on topical issues and guidance/support relating to reflection which are available in this section.
Additionally, you can find out more about our working in promoting quality care for patients:
- Two Quality Improvement projects that the BOA has been involved in (called HipQIP and QIST)
- The BOA’s work with emerging registries, called ‘TORUS’
- Beyond Compliance
- Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT)