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Orthopaedic industry · 17 units

Learn implants by handling them.

Short hands-on lessons, then a real-world case to solve in every unit — from one screw to the factory, the operating room, regulation and sales. No experience needed.

  • 136 lessons
  • 17 cases
  • 3 looks: luxury, HUD, editorial
Bone plates, screws, a nail and wires laid out on slate

What you'll learn

  1. 01
    One Screw From the bone it holds to the machine that cut it.
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  2. 02
    The Trauma Toolbox Plates, nails, frames, wires — and the set that carries them.
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  3. 03
    Inside the Operating Room The team, the sterile field, and every implant accounted for.
  4. 04
    Materials & Surfaces What implants are made of — and what their surfaces do.
  5. 05
    From Bar to Implant How a metal bar becomes a sterile, traceable implant.
  6. 06
    Measure Everything How every part is proven right before it ships.
  7. 07
    The Factory Floor: Machines & Makers Which machines, from whom, at what cost — and how to choose.
  8. 08
    Factory Estate & Operations The building, utilities and routines that keep a factory making good parts.
  9. 09
    Clean, Pack, Sterilise How implants become sterile — and stay sterile until they’re opened.
  10. 10
    Design Controls & Testing How a new implant is specified, tested and proven.
  11. 11
    The Quality System & Risk How a company stays in control of quality and risk.
  12. 12
    Approved to Sell — and Stay Sold How an implant earns — and keeps — the right to be sold.
  13. 13
    Supply & Logistics How the right implant reaches the right theatre, on time.
  14. 14
    Beyond Trauma: Joints & Spine Hips, knees, shoulders and spine — what changes beyond trauma.
  15. 15
    Selling Value: Surgeons, Ethics & Economics How value is created, sold and paid for — ethically.
  16. 16
    New Technologies What’s new — and what the evidence actually says.
  17. 17
    Final Assessment & Career Tracks Careers, leadership and one final integrated case.

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