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Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 29-1242 · 10 skills

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These O*NET tasks describe the occupation. They provide context for this SOC mapping, but do not mean every listed Skill performs every task.

  • Analyze patient's medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and examination results to verify operation's necessity and to determine best procedure.
  • Conduct research to develop and test surgical techniques that can improve operating procedures and outcomes related to musculoskeletal injuries and diseases.
  • Diagnose bodily disorders and orthopedic conditions, and provide treatments, such as medicines and surgeries, in clinics, hospital wards, or operating rooms.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

managing-wound-care
33
CaseMarkCaseMark/skills
Guides wound assessment, classification, and treatment selection with documentation requirements. Use when managing surgical wounds, classifying wound types, or selecting wound care protocols.
conducting-morbidity-mortality-reviews
21
lev-oslev-os/agents
Structures surgical M&M conference presentations with case analysis and system improvement recommendations. Use when presenting M&M cases, analyzing surgical outcomes, or documenting quality improvement.
surgical-procedure-planner
15
Open-MedicaOpen-Medica/open-medical-skills
Pre-operative planning tool for surgical procedures. Assists with procedure selection, anatomical considerations, equipment checklists, and patient positioning protocols.
orthopedic-surgeon
14
wonsukchoiwonsukchoi/domain-experts
Use when a task needs the judgment of an Orthopedic Surgeon (adult, non-pediatric) — classifying a fracture and choosing fixation vs arthroplasty, sequencing trauma care in a polytrauma patient, selecting VTE prophylaxis and timing for hip fracture or joint-replacement surgery, triaging suspected acute compartment syndrome, or working up a painful joint replacement for periprosthetic infection versus aseptic loosening.

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