Curriculum & Didactics

Rotation Schedule

Block PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3 PGY-4 Chief
1 ICS Local Trauma Pediatrics Level 1 Trauma Foot & Ankle/Spine
2 Sports Local Trauma Pediatrics Level 1 Trauma Foot & Ankle/Spine
3 Local Trauma Hand/UE Pediatrics Level 1 Trauma Hand/UE
4 Local Trauma Hand/UE Pediatrics
 Level 1 Trauma
 Hand/UE
5 General Surgery
 Local Trauma Sports Medicine
 Sports Medicine Trauma
6 General Surgery Local Trauma Sports Medicine Sports Medicine Trauma
7 Plastic Surgery Sports Medicine  Foot & Ankle/Spine Adult Recon Hand/UE
8 Adult Recon Sports Medicine Foot & Ankle/Spine Adult Recon Hand/UE
9 Emergency Medicine Adult Recon Hand/UE Pediatrics Trauma
10 General Orthopedics Adult Recon Hand/UE Pediatrics Trauma
11 General Orthopedics Foot & Ankle/Spine Orthopedic Oncology Foot & Ankle/Spine Adult Recon
12 ICU Foot & Ankle/Spine Orthopedic Oncology Foot & Ankle/Spine Adult Recon
13 MSK Radiology/Anesthesia



 

Surgery Education Schedule

Monday

  • Resident/Medical Student Presentations, 6 to 6:30 a.m. weekly
  • Sports Journal Club, 5 to 6 p.m. monthly
  • Resident Research Presentations, 6 to 6:30 a.m. quarterly

Tuesday

  • Journal club, 6to 8 p.m., bi-monthly

Wednesday

  • Spine Journal Club, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., weekly
  • Tumor Board, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesdays

Thursday

  • Hand Rounds/Journal Club, 7 to 8 a.m., weekly

Friday

  • Fracture Conference, 5:45 to 7 a.m., weekly
  • Grand Rounds Lectures, 7 to 9 a.m. weekly
  • Musculoskeletal Conference (Radiology), 8 to 9 a.m. quarterly
  • Cast Clinic, 9 to 10 a.m., third Friday
  • Adult Recon Conference, 9 to 10 a.m., first, second and fourth Fridays
  • Anatomy Lab, 1 to 4 p.m., monthly July through December

Other

  • Morbidity & Mortality Conference, 7 to 8 a.m., monthly with section meetings
  • Sim Lab/Intern Basic Skills, variable, Friday afternoons

Didactic Components

The clinical experience will be supplemented by a structured didactic program comprised of:

  • Orthopedic Fracture Conference
  • Orthopedic Book Review
  • OITE Review
  • Morning Report
  • MSK Conference
  • Anatomy Lab
  • Tumor Board
  • Journal Club
  • Grand Rounds
  • Morbidity and Mortality Conference