Centers of emphasis are created in joint replacement surgery, trauma, hand and upper extremity, foot and ankle, and spine, allowing the Resident to explore the subspecialties of Orthopaedics. However, this experience is not exclusive but is well blended with general orthopaedic experience, providing a more global experience. Research, both clinical and laboratory, is expected and encouraged. The resident participates in educational conferences that are both didactic and interdependent. An independent study model allows the resident to pursue basic information assimilation via electronic media.
Periodic testing evaluates the progress status of the resident's educational experience.
Residents are treated as individuals, encouraged to develop excellence, held accountable for their personal professional development, and finally, have the great reward of knowing that they are part of an ongoing process of inquiry and discovery. We are Buckeyes and we are on the move.