June 2023

The idea of multidisciplinary team approach in the medical fields is not new but is gaining traction in the orthopedic world. Orthopedic geriatricians were early to adopt this approach to manage fractures in the older population and found that the functional outcomes were much better.1,2 This term, multidisciplinary, describes a collaborative work of various health professionals who work together to evaluate and treat an individual patient. They draw on their individual knowledge from their specialty to establish a common goal.