Session Title: AI, Impact & Innovation: The Changing Face of Orthopaedic Publishing
Session Description
This session will explore the evolving landscape of orthopaedic research and publishing, offering practical insight for clinicians, researchers, and trainees. Topics will include how to optimise your chances of publication, improve research methodology, and select the most impactful journal for your work. The role of artificial intelligence in orthopaedic research will also be discussed, along with emerging innovations in digital education and knowledge dissemination. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how to strengthen their research output, enhance visibility, and adapt to new tools and expectations in orthopaedic publishing.
Chair & Co-Chairs: Fares S Haddad & Elizabeth Ashby
Agenda
16:10 - 16:22: Introduction and optimising your chances of publication in the current landscape.
Speaker: Fares Haddad
16:22 - 16:34: How to write a clear and effective abstract.
Speaker: Elizabeth Ashby
16:34 - 16:46: Why research methods matter – and are we getting better?
Speaker: Matt Costa
16:46 - 16:58: Artificial intelligence: smarter than your registrar?
Speaker: Dan Perry
16:58 - 17:10: Choosing the best journal and delivering the greatest impact from your research.
Speaker: Chloe E H Scott
17:10 - 17:22: Innovation in education and publishing.
Speaker: Andrew Duckworth
17:22 - 17:40: Q&A
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Professor Fares Haddad
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Professor of Orthopaedics and Sport Surgery, University College Hospitals and The Princess Grace Hospital
Fares Haddad is a hip and knee reconstructive surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedics and Sport Surgery at University College Hospitals and The Princess Grace Hospital in London, UK. He is Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCH, Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London, past president of the British Hip Society and of the British Sports Trauma Association. He is also Editor-in-Chief of The Bone & Joint Journal.
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Elizabeth Ashby
Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
Elizabeth Ashby is a Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant. She attended medical school in Cambridge, did her orthopaedic training in London and completed a fellowship in Montreal, Canada. She worked as a consultant at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital before returning to where she started – Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. She is Clinical Lead for Paediatric Orthopaedics and regional lead for children with clubfeet. Elizabeth enjoys all aspects of Paediatric Orthopaedics with a particular interest in limb and foot deformity.
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Professor Matthew Costa
Orthopaedic Consultant & Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford & John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Matthew Costa PhD, FRCS, FMedSci. Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Matt’s research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal trauma interventions. He is Lead Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). His work has been cited widely and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Matt is the NIHR National Specialty Lead for Trauma and Emergency Care and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is also Associate Editor for Trauma and Research Methods at The Bone & Joint Journal.
Matt is past President of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society and past President of the Global Fragility Fracture Network.
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Chloe Scott
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Chloe Scott is a consultant hip, knee & trauma surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and an NHS Research Scotland Clinician. Her research interests include arthroplasty outcomes, periprosthetic fractures, robotic surgery, finite element analysis and knee biomechanics. She serves on the editorial board of the BJJ where she is associate editor for knowledge translation and was awarded the Hunter Doig medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2020.
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Andrew Duckworth
Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Andrew Duckworth is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh and an Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon in Edinburgh Orthopaedics at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Following completion of his training in Edinburgh, he was an Upper Limb Fellow at the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit. His clinical interests are in trauma and upper limb surgery, with a focus on injuries around the elbow, wrist and hand. His current research includes clinical trials in orthopaedic trauma, large data and patient reported outcome measures. He is a Co-CI, co-app and PI on NIHR funded clinical trials. He is an Editorial Board Member for the Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ), Bone and Joint Research (BJR) and Bone & Joint360, and is on the Research Committees of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) and the Orthopaedic Trauma Society (OTS). He is a co-director of the world-renowned Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium.
