Curriculum & Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Mentorship Model
- Attend all clinics with attending you are on service with
- Attend all surgical cases with attending you are on service with
- Perioperative rounding and patient care
- NO formal call responsibilities *Exception: Cover resident call beginning the night before OITE through the end of the exam
- Organize papers for and attend monthly adult reconstruction journal club
- Present one Grand Rounds lecture to residency on reconstruction topic of your choosing
- Participate in resident education in clinical and OR setting
- Limited research requirement
Case Volume
- Primary TKA (200)
- Revision TKA (100)
- Primary THA (200)
- Revision THA (100)
- Knee Arthroscopy (50)
- Hip Arthroscopy (25)
- Tumor Cases (25)
Specific Training Opportunities:
- Primary total knee arthroplasty with patient specific implant selection
- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
- Robotic TKA/UKA
- Primary total hip arthroplasty utilizing Direct Anterior, Modified Hardinge, Watson Jones and Posterior approaches
- Hip Resurfacing
- Complex primary and revision arthroplasty of hip and knee
- Hip and Knee arthroscopy
- Exposure to tumor cases
- Opportunity to pursue fracture cases
- Opportunity to pursue shoulder arthroplasty
Research:
- One completed manuscript required for graduation
- Resident and medical student support available
- Clinical research support available from university
Additional Resources:
- Funding for national meetings (AAHKS, AAOS)
- Funding for additional training courses
- Funding for books
- On site parking provided
- Food available in both hospitals