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Educational Experience - Orthopedic Surgery Residency - Educational Experience

One month each of vascular surgery and plastic surgery is required. Pediatric exposure is stressed during rotations in anesthesiology and emergency medicine. Pediatric trauma care is obtained during rotations in general surgery and orthopedic surgery.

PGY 1

3 Months
General Surgery (SICU, Plastics, Vascular)
2 Months
Adult Reconstruction
2 Months
Pediatric Surgery
1 Month
Anesthesiology
1 Month
Emergency Room
1 Month
Hand Surgery
1 Month
Spine Surgery
1 Month
Surgical Skills

PGY 2

2 Months
Adult Reconstruction
2 Months
Foot and Ankle Surgery
2 Months
Hand Surgery
2 Months
Pediatric Surgery
2 Months
Spine Surgery
2 Months
Trauma Surgery

PGY 3

2 Months
Adult Reconstruction
2 Months
Foot and Ankle Surgery
2 Months
Hand Surgery
2 Months
Pediatric Surgery
2 Months
Sports Medicine
2 Months
Trauma Surgery

PGY 4

6 Months
General Orthopaedics (Leonard M. Chabert)
2 Months
Pediatric Surgery
2 Months
Trauma Surgery
1 Month
Adult Reconstruction
1 Month
Spine Surgery

PGY 5

6 Months
General Orthopaedics (Leonard M. Chabert)
2 Months
Spine Surgery
2 Months
Sports Medicine
1 Month
Adult Reconstruction
1 Month
Hand Surgery

Experience in the treatment of subspecialty orthopedics (pediatrics, foot and ankle, hand, adult reconstruction, sports medicine, and oncology/metastatic disease) is obtained through the basic rotation curriculum during the resident's orthopedic training.

All residents are evaluated quarterly by faculty, nursing personnel, and peer review through the New Innovations Residency System. The residents have at least one OCSE yearly (and in this process are evaluated by patients). Each resident comes before the combined faculty annually to discuss his/her progress and performance. The residents participate in an annual mock oral board examination, and all residents take part in the Orthopedic In-Training Examination (OITE) annually.