Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
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Curriculum Details
- Carilion Clinic Orthopaedic Education YouTube Channel
- Oncology Experience
- Robust oncology experience integrated throughout residency
- Tumor board every other Friday
- Peter Apel does 10-12 sarcomas per year
- Ortho hand – benign tumors in addition to sarcomas
- Ortho trauma – metastatic lesions
- Adult recon – mega-prosthesis for metastatic lesions
- 164 total cases in 2021-2022 academic year
- 11 bone/soft tissue sarcomas (Apel)
- 84 benign soft tissue tumors
- 55 benign bone lesions
- 15 metastatic bone lesion cases
- ACGME minimum of 10 of these cases
- Oncology lecture each year from visiting faculty
- QI/QA
- Recognize and prepare cases for peer review
- One quality improvement/quality assurance project per year
- Small scale/retrospective
- Identify clinical faculty mentor
- Report findings to their chosen clinical mentor and to the involved section at a section specific conference
- 10-15 minute presentation
Didactic Schedule
| Monday | Weekend Review Conference (6-7am): Review of weekend cases with academic discussion. On call specialty attendings will be in attendance along with all other interested parties. |
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| Tuesday | Section Specific: Intended to be preoperative or indications followed by postoperative conference of section-specific Journal Club. |
| Wednesday | Main Academic Day (6:00am - 12:00pm)
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| Thursday | Section Specific: Intended to be preoperative or indications followed by postoperative conference of section-specific Journal Club. |
| Friday | Protected Academic Time: No morning conference. Residents should study for OITE and ABOS. Time will be reserved for monthly PD/Resident meetings, semi-annual meetings with Dr. Seamon, and one-on-one meetings with Dr. Seamon as needed. |
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