Background: Student training in the trauma department takes place mainly in the emergency room and in the operating theater. In our experience, a large number of students seem to be overwhelmed with the complex duties in the OR especially with respect to the team, sterility and patient handling. Therefore, they are unable to focus on the actual operation itself. Aims: To give students the opportunity to participate in an advanced hands-on curriculum of trauma surgery techniques in the absence of the above mentioned distracting factors. Design: We first concentrated on the training of osteosynthesis techniques with artificial bones. In this setting, the students were able to gain extensive experience with the instruments, the different implants and their biomechanical characteristics. As a second step we combined these obtained procedural skills with anatomical knowledge performing a variety of surgical approaches and osteosynthesis using cryo-fixated corpses. Thereby the students had a chance to review the anatomical structures more intensively based on the surgical task. Using this training method, the students were able to build a basic knowledge for their future learning experiences in the operating theater setting. Conclusion: Simulations are a valid tool in trauma surgery education, since they allow students to concentrate on particular techniques or approaches. Artificial bone training followed by a simulation employing cryo-fixated corpses seem to represent adequate and logical substitutes to obtain advanced skills. This is necessary to ensure that learners have the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge in the complex clinical practice and especially in the operation theater. Using this new curriculum, we are able to offer students intensive hands-on training in trauma surgery in a very cost-efficient manner and to motivate them in the field of trauma surgery. Conflict of Interest: Authors indicated they have nothing to disclose.