Students are exposed to a large volume of patients including neurosurgical emergencies, neurosurgical trauma, and elective neurosurgical problems. Students have the opportunity to assist with a variety of procedures. Upon completion of the elective the student should Recognize the steps in the evaluation and management of common orthopaedic problems in an outpatient setting Demonstrate improved skill in the management of hospitalized patients including operative management Demonstrate improved skill in the management of emergency room orthopaedic problems including fracture reduction, soft tissue care, etc. The Department of Orthopaedics has a very active teaching-oriented faculty and students are exposed to a large volume of inpatient and outpatient cases. Didactic teaching includes Grand Rounds, basic science, clinical correlation and anatomical dissection.
Clinic exposure is available in pediatric and adult orthopaedics, hand, and scoliosis.
Students are supervised by a resident and the orthopaedic teaching staff. This elective offers an introduction to the basic principles and techniques of pediatric surgery. Students are exposed to a wide variety of pediatric surgical patients including elective pediatric surgical problems, pediatric surgical emergencies and care of surgical problems in the neonatal intensive care unit. This elective is designed to familiarize the student with a broad range of surgery including trauma, GI, endocrine, breast, oncology, and vascular, as well as, some gynecological procedures. Every attempt will be made to allow the student to follow the patient from admission to discharge and take an active role in the care and management of assigned patients.