talk to the emerging leaders. Great to see a lot of you guys in the audience, as far as that goes. And I'm gonna talk to you about a platform. Some of you guys may say, hey, I've been using DocMatter for months, and some people say, I've never even heard that word. So it's Anna's social platform, and I'm gonna kind of run you through. And it's a great way to get involved with Anna and to meet a lot of people. So I'll try to give you a taste of that. My disclosures are available, and they don't really have a whole lot to do with this. So as you guys know, Anna was born out of innovation. Early 80s, guys came together due to innovation and really wanted to promote learning. They wanted to spread knowledge. And that's kind of the same format that we're looking at today. It's part of the vision statement. And for years, we were able to discern knowledge, pass on information, and really teach young surgeons just through courses, just through labs, and just through journals. Unfortunately, that process has changed. We're in an era of digital connectivity at this point. And especially due to COVID, there are other ways we need to pass on knowledge. So the whole process has changed, and Anna has changed to meet the needs of their newer members as well as their older members. And we've partnered with a company called DocMatter, and it's really been a great partnership so far. This gives us a secure online platform to do a lot of different options. They've got support for us at all points with this, and I urge you to really join the discussion. Certainly looking at some of the options we have, you can have webinars on this platform, you can continue the discussion after the webinar, fantastic, we can have advocacy, we can really review new policy, new platforms, new technology, and we can really come to a consensus online, which is something that we used to do in rooms like this all the time. We can network, there are over 6,000 people, all global, so you can really meet and discuss things with people that you may have never even seen. Even if you go to a meeting, you may not come across them. You can do mentorship, some of the older guys can really mentor some of the younger surgeons, some of the younger surgeons can really ask poignant questions and really make you think. So it really works for both age groups, I think. And my favorite part of the DocMatter platform is really the ability to post cases and discuss these, because all at meetings, we all get together all the time, and we're like, hey, what do you think of this, or I did this, I mean, that's just common conversation with orthopedic surgeons, particularly if you're young and in your area where you don't have someone to lean on, this is a great platform for that, it really is. So if you look at where we've started and where we are with this platform, we're getting about 85 posts per month, which is amazing. We've got over 700 plus posts at this point, and really 70% of Anna has gotten involved from different ways, so if you're in that 30%, get online and join the discussion. If you ever have a case where you're like, whew, I just need somebody to give me confirmation I'm thinking the right things, or maybe I need a totally different opinion, you got 6,000 people to lean on, and I think that's important as far as this goes. It's easy to upload pictures, video, images, articles, anything you wanna upload, and it's different than other platforms because you've got support with this. You've got somebody you can call and say, hey, if I email you this, can you upload it for me? And that's the beauty of the online platform that we have developed with Anna. If you look at case discussions, obviously this is one that I uploaded earlier in the process, and it's already had over 7,600 views, and we have cases that even have more, and then there's been 22 responses, and a lot of those people differed in a little bit of opinion, but that's the great thing about what we do. There's different ways of accomplishing the same goal, and that's important. If you look at how easy this is, I'll walk you through it. This is the Anna website, of course, and obviously this is a very user-friendly platform. You can get through it through the website. You can get through it right through your community. They make it on the web. They make a mobile platform, so you've got multiple ways to go through. It operates on Listserv, and here you see the profile. You get on there. That's my profile as you're going to the bottom here, and you can see it has a description of who I am, what I do. They load your CV for you. You can put in any articles or videos. You can go right to my homepage. Those are posts that I've made or people that I've connected with. It's really user-friendly. It's been a great thing for Anna, and if you haven't explored it, I urge you to really get online. So if you look at the ability of DocMatter to really help the young orthopedic surgeon, you can network with Anna members. You can collaborate on individual cases, build consensus on practice. It allows you to have discussions, particularly about journal articles. You can advance knowledge with best practice and discussions, clinically evaluate or critically evaluate literature, and ultimately improve patient care and outcomes. So I hope not only to see you later tonight, but also online. Thanks for your attention, and I'm gonna have to run.

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