Five-year Curriculum

 

OGME 1:

The first year of the program the resident will complete the following rotations:

• Emergency Medicine
• Pediatrics: Akron Children's Medical Center
• General Surgery
• Family Medicine (two (2) months)
• Internal Medicine  (two (2) months)
• Rheumatology
• Orthopedics (four (4) months)  

OGME 2:

The second year resident will spend all twelve (12) months on the South Pointe Hospital Orthopedic service. They will spend time in the physician offices evaluating patients and developing treatment plans under the supervision of the osteopathic faculty. They will be assigned first call for the emergency room. They will assist in surgical cases at the affiliate hospitals and surgery centers. The second year residents take responsibility for organization of the weekly Fracture Conference. They will present chosen cases and lead discussions with the students, residents and faculty. During this year they will begin to have responsibility in the teaching of the medical students assigned to orthopedic surgery.

The OGME 2 resident will be responsible to complete the ATLS certification during this year. They will also take part in the AO Basic course sponsored by AO North America. This course reviews internal fixation devices. The Prosthetic and Orthotic Course is held in March during this year, which is sponsored by OUCOM/CORE and is mandatory for all OGME 2 residents.    

 

OGME 3:

During this year the residents assume more responsibility for the office, floor and surgical patients. This year is spent mostly at South Pointe. The resident attends the Boston Orthopedic Path Course sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School held in the spring of each year.

 

OGME 4:

This year the resident will spend the entire twelve month period on out-rotations. This will provide the resident with the opportunity to work and learn from subspecialty orthopedic physicians.

• Orthopedic trauma in Denver Colorado with the Panoramic Orthopedic group, covering various hospitals. This is a three (3) month rotation.
• Pediatric Orthopedic is complete at the Cleveland Clinic during this five (5) month rotation.
• Hands/Upper extremity rotations is completed with Dr. William Seitz a staff physician at Lutheran Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic. The resident spends a total of two (2) months on this rotation.
• Spine has recently been added to the curriculum and this is completed during one month at the Cleveland Clinic.
• Elective rotation: the resident is given one (1) month for an elective of their choice.

OGME 5:

The last twelve months is spent entirely at South Pointe hospital and it's affiliate hospitals, which are Robinson Memorial Hospital and the Kent Surgery Center. The fifth year residents share the chief resident responsibilities, this includes the didactics and scheduling (call, office and surgical assignments). They develop yearly rotation manuals for the residents and medical students. Significant "hands-on" experience is allowed the fifth year resident.

 

 

 

 

 

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