Twelve months are spent on general surgical and surgical subspecialty rotations. Each rotation is one month in length. One PGY-2 resident is assigned to each service. Five months are spent at the Shriner's Hospital where the emphasis is on both simple and complex elective pediatric orthopaedic reconstructive surgery. Two and one-half months are spent on adult orthopaedic trauma and reconstruction at the St. Louis Regional Hospital and at the Veteran's Administration Hospital of St. Louis, respectively.
Rotations are two and one-half months in length.
The spine rotation for the senior residents emphasizes cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal deformity surgery and trauma, and takes place at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. On the Shriner's Hospital rotation, the PGY-4 resident functions as a chief resident, directing care of all pediatric orthopaedic reconstructive surgery. At the St. Louis Regional Hospital, the PGY-4 functions as a senior level resident, directing both pediatric and adult trauma and reconstructive care. The Barnes-Jewish Hospital rotation affords exposure to a variety of orthopaedic attendings who provide care in both adult reconstruction and orthopaedic trauma. The adult orthopaedic trauma and the adult reconstruction rotations are at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital.