[Simulation techniques in surgical training programs to become an orthopedic and trauma surgeon : Introduction to the topic].

Numerous professional and societal developments nowadays fundamentally reduce the possibility of mastering all officially prescribed surgical training contents in sufficient quantities and in a target-oriented manner with sufficient operative internal clinical experience from the surgical daily routine. In order to learn key competences, modern simulation technology will have to be integrated into surgical training programs. A meaningful implementation requires a structured procedure for the users, individual clinics or surgical training networks. Financially, simulation is an expensive investment in training quality. The implementation of simulation technology can be a further impulse to design the structure of the continuing training landscape within the framework of a coordinated national or EU-wide overall training concept in such a way that the infrastructural, personnel and financial expenditure can be borne.