Curriculum/Rotations

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The core of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program is the approach to didactic and early surgical exposure.   Didactics are accomplished with daily morning lectures.  This daily approach to didactics has resulted in a 100% first time board passage rate and performance on the annual Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) of 97th and 100th percentile the last 2 years (and a historic percentage above the 90th percentile on average).    The PGY 1 year provides 6 months on the Orthopaedic Services and rotations in Plastic surgery, Musculoskeltal Radiolgy (MRI), Trauma (general) Surgery, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, ICU medicine, and Vascular Surgery.

Clinical Services in the PGY2-5 years of training include strong exposure to Adult Reconstruction, Level 1 Trauma, Foot and Ankle, Hand and Upper Extremity, Shoulder and Elbow, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Oncology, Spine, Sports Medicine, and General Orthopaedics.

Additionally, an emphasis on early surgical exposure/operative experience is a hallmark of this program.   Residents should expect hands-on supervised surgical exposure from day one of residency training, with rapid progression of autonomy based on skill level.   Residents typically graduate with between 2000 and 3000 surgical cases that they have logged as completed.

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