Curriculum
| PGY 1 | |
| Orthopaedics | 3 months |
| Plastic Surgery | 2 months |
| Trauma Surgery | 1 month |
| General Surgery | 1 month |
| Vascular Surgery | 1 month |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
| SICU | 1 month |
| Radiology | 1 month |
| Anesthesiology | 1 month |
| PGY 2 | |
| Night Float | 3 months |
| Adult Recon | 2 months |
| Trauma | 3 months |
| Sports Medicine | 2 months |
| Hand & Upper Extremity | 2 months |
| PGY 3 | |
| Spine | 3 months |
| Trauma | 3 months |
| Ped. Orthopaedics (Nemours) | 3 months |
| Research | 3 months |
| PGY 4 | |
| Foot and Ankle (Baptist) |
3 months |
| Ped. Orthopaedics (Nemours) | 3 months |
| Adult Recon (St. Vincent's) |
3 months |
| Oncology | 3 months |
| PGY-5 (Chief Resident) | |
| Trauma | 3 months |
| Sports | 3 months |
| Adult Recon | 3 months |
| Hand & Upper Extremity | 3 months |
This section contains specific objectives for each year of training. Each resident will be assigned a faculty advisor, who will meet with his/her advisees on a regular basis. Continuous improvement in the program and its processes is our fundamental goal.
Call
PGY 1 - Residents take 10 months of orthopaedic call during their 1st year. The physician on General Surgery & Trauma Surgery takes call with those services. Generally, each intern has 6~8 call periods per month. Call begins at 5 p.m. and ends at 6:30 am. Responsibilities include all orthopaedic consults in emergency and the trauma center as well as all orthopaedic patients in-house.
PGY 2 - Night float occurs from 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday night. Duties include consult and attendance at conferences.
PGY 3 - Residents take 2 weekend calls per month. While on pediatrics at Nemours, home call is every 4th night.
PGY 4 & 5 - The Chief takes home call and is responsible for all consultations and operative cases performed at night. He/She reports directly to the faculty.
The chief is in-house for all operative cases at night and reports directly to the faculty.
All residents: Two weekends off per month, but cover their entire service when in-house on weekends (excluding night float residents).
Meetings
PGY 2: Musculoskeletal Pathology Course & Basic Fracture Course
PGY 3: Orthotics and Prosthetics (Dallas Short Course)
PGY 4: Annual AAOS Academy Meeting
PGY 5: Maine Orthopaedic Review Course
Conferences
All conferences are protected time and resident attendance is required.
OITE Review: Monday 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Fall)
Anatomy: Monday 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Spring)
Orthopaedic Trauma Conference: Tuesday 6:45-7:30 a.m.
Orthopaedic Journal Club: 3rd Tuesday of the Month 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Pediatric Orthopaedics Nemours Children's Clinic: Alternating Wednesdays 7:30-9 a.m.
Basic Science Conference: Alternating Wednesdays 7:00-7:30 a.m.
Spine Conference: 2nd Wednesday of the month 7:30-8:15 a.m.
Hand & Upper Extremity Conference: 4th Wednesday of the month 7:30-8:15 a.m.
Adult Reconstruction Conference: 1st Friday of the month 7:30-8:15 a.m.
Sports Medicine Conference: 1st Friday of the month 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Foot & Ankle Conference: 2nd Friday of the month 7:30-8:15 a.m.
Shoulder & Elbow Conference: 2nd Friday of the month 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Morbidity, Mortality & Management: Alternating 3rd Friday of the month 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Orthopaedic Oncology Conference: Alternating 3rd Friday of the month 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Grand Rounds and Visiting Professorships: 4th Friday of the month 7:30-9:00 a.m. (CME Accredited)
Morning Report: 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday