Conferences
Curriculum
The University of Michigan residency program maintains a curriculum for teaching residents the basics of orthopaedics in all of the subspecialty areas. The content is directed by the residency program director and education committee, which consists of both resident and faculty members. The curriculum lectures are held on weekday mornings from 6:45 am to 7:20 am. These lectures are “protected time.” You are required to attend these lectures and are exempt from clinical duties during these lectures unless you are on vacation, in the operating room, or have another legitimate excuse. It is expected that over the course of the year, residents will attend greater than 80% of these lectures. Prompt attendance is mandatory.
Teaching conferences include:
- Daily subspecialty conferences – Each subspecialty follows a 2 year curriculum. Included throughout the year are special topics such a medicolegal issues, ethics and professionalism, Orthotics and prosthetics, geriatric care and billing. These lectures are presented by the Orthopaedic faculty and visiting professors.
- Grand Rounds - Departmental grand rounds are held each Thursday from 7:00 – 8:15 am. These conferences include a rotating schedule of resident case presentations, visiting lecturers, faculty presentations, and a monthly morbidity/mortality conference.
- Anatomy Lab – There are extended lecture sessions one morning per month which include cadaver labs to help understand anatomy and the different surgical approaches.
- Triage conference – Review of all orthopaedic trauma cases held each weekday at 6:30 am except on Thursday it is held at 6:15 am.
- OITE review – In the autumn each service conducts reviews geared towards the OITE examinations.
Each year eight special conferences with visiting professors are hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan.
Journal club is held on a monthly basis at the Michigan League and is designed with the objective of improving the resident’s ability to critically review and apply current literature to their practice. This occurs on the third Tuesday of each month and dinner is provided. New articles from JBJS as well as classic articles are reviewed by residents followed by staff commentary.
