Orthopedic Surgery Curriculum

Each year of the residency is divided into 13, four week blocks. All residents rotate through rotations as defined by the master curriculum list to ensure that everyone meets the AOA minimum residency requirements. The basic outline is described below and in an example of the detailed master schedule (PDF) on page 3.

OGME-I 6 blocks Orthopedic Surgery 1 block Pediatric Orthopedic surgery 1 block Trauma Orthopedic surgery 3 blocks Doctors Hospital Orthopedic Surgery 1 block Shoulder/Elbow Orthopedic Surgery 6 blocks medical/surgical rotations

OGME-II 2 blocks Doctors Hospital days 2 blocks Doctors Hospital nights 2 blocks Trauma 2 blocks Adult Reconstruction 2 blocks Sports Variable exposure to Spine, Pediatric Orthopedics and Foot and Ankle

OGME-III 6 blocks Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery (majority of residents) 2 blocks Trauma 2 blocks Foot and Ankle 2 blocks Shoulder/Elbow 2 blocks Spine Variable elective opportunities and Hand exposure

OGME-IV 2 blocks Hand 2 blocks Doctors Hospital 2 Blocks Foot and Ankle 2 blocks Joints 2 blocks Trauma 1 block Musculoskeletal Oncology Variable Sports, Shoulder/Elbow and Elective experience

OGME-V 2-3 blocks Doctors Hospital Chief 2 blocks Shoulder/Elbow 4 blocks Selective 2 blocks General Orthopedics 2 blocks Adult Reconstruction

Blocks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Resident 7/1-7/28 7/29-8/25 8/26-9/22 9/23-10/20 10/21-11/1711/18-12/15 12/16-1/12 1/13-2/9 2/10-3/9 3/10-4/6 4/7-5/4 5/5-6/1 6/2-6/30 PGY-5 A Selective Doctors S&E S&E Selective Joints Joints Doctors Gen Ortho Gen Ortho Doctors Selective Hand B Gen Ortho Gen Ortho Doctors Selective Selective Doctors Selective Joints Joints S&E S&E Doctors Selective C Doctors Selective Joints Joints S&E S&E Selective Selective Doctors Selective Gen Ortho Gen Ortho Doctors D S&E S&E Selective Doctors Selective Selective Doctors Selective Selective Joints Joints Gen Ortho Gen Ortho E Joints Joints Selective Selective Doctors Selective Gen Ortho Gen Ortho Selective Doctors Selective S&E S&E PGY-4 A Hand Hand Doctors Tumor Joints Elective Trauma Trauma Doctors Doctors S&E Sports Trauma B Elect Elect Hand Hand Doctors Doctors Sports Tumor Trauma Trauma Trauma Joints Joints C F&A F&A Elect Elect Trauma Trauma Hand Hand Sports Sports Doctors Doctors Tumor D Doctors Doctors Trauma Trauma Hand Hand S&E S&E Joints Joints Tumor Trauma Elect E PEDS PEDS PEDS Doctors Tumor Joints Doctors Doctors Hand Hand Sports Trauma Trauma PGY-3 A PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS Spine Spine F&A F&A F&A S&E Elect Trauma Trauma B PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS Spine Spine S&E Trauma Trauma F&A F&A C Trauma Trauma Spine Spine PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS Hand Hand S&E D Spine Spine Trauma Trauma F&A F&A PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS PEDS Elect E S&E S&E F&A F&A Trauma Trauma Elect Elect Spine Spine PEDS PEDS PEDS PGY-2 A Trauma Trauma Joints Joints Sports Sports Nights Nights Doctors Doctors Nights PEDS PEDS B Doctors Doctors Trauma Trauma Joints Joints Sports Sports Nights Nights Doctors Spine Sports C Nights Nights Doctors Doctors Trauma Trauma Joints Joints Sports F&A Sports Doctors Spine D Sports Sports Nights Nights Doctors Doctors Trauma Trauma Joints Joints F&A Nights Doctors E Joints Joints Sports Sports Nights Nights Doctors Doctors Trauma Trauma Spine Sports Nights PGY-1 A Doctors S&E PEDS Doctors Trauma Ortho Elect Doctors B Doctors Doctors PEDS S&E Trauma Ortho Elect Doctors C Trauma Doctors PEDS S&E Doctors Ortho Elect Doctors D Doctors Trauma Ortho Elect S&E PEDS Doctors Doctors E Ortho Elect Doctors B. Nights Doctors Trauma PEDS S&E Doctors

13 blocks x 5 years = 65 blocks per Resident 59 Ortho blocks + 6 Medicine blocks = 65

A B C D E Doctors 11 11 11 10 10 Nights 3 2 2 3 3 Trauma 8 8 7 8 7 Peds 7 7 7 7 7 Spine 2 3 3 2 3 F&A 3 2 3 3 2 Spts/S&E 8 8 8 7 9 Joints 5 6 4 6 5 Hand 3 2 4 2 2 Elective 3 3 3 3 3 Selective 3 4 4 5 5 Tumor 1 1 1 1 1 Gen Ortho 2 2 2 2 2 TOTAL 59 59 59 59 59