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Contact Information: Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Program |
Clinical Rotations
Rotation Description
The current rotation schedule for the residents is tailored to provide a wide and
in-depth exposure to all facets of orthopaedic surgery with increasing responsibility
based on individual advancement over the training period. Rotations are set up to allow
interaction among the different residents and faculty members to keep the process
stimulating. This allows for maximum exposure to different approaches in the care of
musculoskeletal pathology and assists in the formulation of an individuals personalized
approach in the care of the patient. We feel that our role here at the Medical College of
Georgia is to provide an atmosphere conductive to self-learning and intellectual
advancement which the resident can carry on through his entire professional career rather
than force feeding facts and figures. It is our role as orthopaedic educators to break the
mold created by 20 years of formal schooling and memorization to reshape the individuals
thought processes and goals to encourage the lifelong challenge of continued
self-advancement in orthopaedic surgery. Furthermore, our rotation schedule is set up to
address all aspects of learning in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.
Resident Rotations 5-year Schedule
PGY-1 Year
1 month - Trauma ICU
1 month - Plastic Surgery
1 month - Vascular Surgery
2 months - Orthopaedics
1 month - Pediatric ER
1 month - Neuroradiology
1 month - Anesthesiology
1 month - Trauma Svc (not ICU)
1 month - Pediatric Surgery
1 month - VAMC
1 month - Neurosurgery
PGY-2 Year
4 months - Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis - Medical College of Georgia
Hospital
4 months - Total Joint and Foot - Medical College of Georgia Hospital
4 months - Trauma
PGY-3 Year
4 months - Spine - Medical College of Georgia
Hospital
4 months - General Orthopaedics - VA Medical Center
4 months - Sports Medicine
PGY-4 Year
4 months - Hand/Upper Extremity - Medical College of Georgia
4 months - Pediatric Orthopedics and Scoliosis - Medical College of Georgia
Hospital
4 months - Orthopaedic Trauma - Medical College of Georgia Hospital
PGY-5 Year
4 months - Total Joint, Reconstructive, General Orthopaedics - VA
Medical Center
4 months - Sports Medicne
4 months - Total Joint and Foot - Medical College of Georgia Hospital
Clinics
There is ample opportunity to gain out-patient clinical experience at both hospitals. Each
of the resident teams at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center has two designated days of clinics per week. In addition,
there are several subspecialty orthopaedic clinics including but not limited to hand,
amputee, hemophilia, pediatrics, total joint, spina bifida, sports, foot, spine and
trauma.