Overview of Goals Residents are supervised in all professional settings. Those learners who progress more rapidly are provided an accelerated assumption of responsibility. In the outpatient clinics, residents perform histories and physical examinations, evaluate diagnostic tests and radiographs and formulate diagnoses and treatment plans. After presenting cases to full-time faculty, residents are probed on various aspects of the assessment. In the resident-supervised clinics, orthopaedic surgery fellows or faculty are present for supervision.
Residents are responsible for care of their inpatients on each rotation.
Reflecting the changes which have become dominant in health care, each rotation stresses foreshortening inpatient care and placing greater emphasis on outpatient management. Most rotations feature twice daily rounds with faculty and include at least weekly patient care meetings with nursing and physical therapy to discuss patient disposition. C. Operative Care Conduct of surgery by residents on each rotation is based initially on attendance at the Indications Conference. Residents are required to present the patient's assessment, management plan, and justification for surgery. Residents review patient charts and x-rays prior to the session.