Call schedule will be different while on the rotations in the Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center and in Des Moines. They have the same trauma call responsibilities as third year Residents. They do not have trauma rotation. They have the same trauma call and trauma rotation responsibilities as third year Residents. Usual Rotations First Year Residents have one rotation on Clinical Orthopaedics, one rotation on Orthopaedic Basic Science and Pathology, and four to six rotations to other departments.
All rotations are in Orthopaedics on the various specialties.
Each Orthopaedic rotation is usually for 10 weeks or 12 weeks. Orthopaedic rotations are in the University Hospitals, the Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, and in Des Moines at the Veterans Administration Medical Center and Broadlawns Medical Center. The Des Moines rotation is for 10 weeks in the third year. The Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center rotation is for 10 weeks in the third and fifth years. Trauma rotations include the University Hospitals for 10 weeks in the second, third and fifth years and parts of several other rotations, including the VA Medical Center in Iowa City and the rotation to Des Moines.