A senior staff physician leads the discussion of articles selected by an assigned resident. Anatomy Conference is a resident run conference which includes lectures and dissections presented in a systematic fashion. Facilities dedicated to basic science instruction include the Anatomy Laboratory with skeletons and a human cadaver. Diverse faculty interests cover every aspect of orthopedic surgery, providing a valuable resource available to residents in their training program. All residents are counseled by the Director of the Division and the Program Director at the beginning of each year.
Formal evaluation is provided at the end of each rotation by the assigned teaching staff.
In addition, all residents participate in the Orthopedic In-Training Examination each year. Similar seminars are provided with plastic bones and appropriate implants to demonstrate osteosynthesis, the interfragmentary lag technique, compression plating, etc. Those who are particularly interested have access to this laboratory during their entire residency. Program policy dictates that junior residents are always to be supervised by a senior staff member. All residents are required to participate in clinical or basic science research in an ongoing manner.