Rotation schedule
PGY-1
PGY-2 through 5
2006-07 proposed schedule
PGY-5 tentative schedule
PGY-4 tentative schedule
PGY-3 tentative schedule
PGY-2 tentative schedule
PGY-1
Orthopaedics is in charge of the rotation. The Resident Review Committee Requirements include:
- A minimum of six months of education in surgery including multisystem trauma, plastic surgery/burn care, intensive care and vascular surgery.
- A minimum of one month of education in three of the following: emergency medicine, medical/cardiac intensive care, internal medicine, neurology, neurological surgery, pediatric surgery, or pediatrics, rheumatology, anesthesiology, radiology and rehabilitation.
- Maximum of three months in orthopaedics.
There are two nurse practitioners on the floor.
Rotations of one month:
- STICU
- Trauma
- Plastic surgery/burn
- Vascular surgery
- Pediatric surgery
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Surgical oncology
- Neurosurgery or geriatric medicine
Rotation of three months:
- Orthopaedics with two-week vacation
PGY-2 through PGY-5
All residents during their PGY-2 through 5 years will complete the following rotations:
| Rotation | Months |
| Foot and ankle/hand | 4 |
| Total joint | 4 |
| Tumor | 2 |
| Spine | 2 |
| Pediatric orthopaedic | 6 |
| Shoulder and elbow | 2 |
| Research | 4 |
| Sports medicine | 2 |
| Night float | 4 |
| Trauma | 2 |
| Administrative chief | 2 |
| Knee/general | 2 |
Total months = 36
This leaves 12 months for other rotations (seven months for VA Medical Center typically).
Proposed schedule*
As adjustments are made, each resident will be informed. A physician’s assistant will be assigned to the service that loses the resident (tumor or TJ) full time. PGY-3 residents who do not have research time will get it at the beginning of their PGY-4 year. Night float can be split with another for the PGY-4s.
PGY-5 tentative schedule
| Jul/Aug | Sep/Oct | Nov/Dec | Jan/Feb | Mar/Apr | May/Jun |
| Admin | Admin/VA | VA | Peds | Peds/Spine | Tumor |
| VA | VA/Admin | Admin | Tumor | Spine/Peds | Peds |
| Peds | Peds/Spine | Tumor | Admin | Admin/VA | VA |
PGY-4 tentative schedule
| Jul/Aug | Sep/Oct | Nov/Dec | Jan/Feb | Mar/Apr | May/Jun |
| NF/SE | Spine/Peds | Peds | TR | Tumor | H/FA |
| SE/NF | SM | TJ | VA(Chief) | HFA/Adm | Admin |
| SM | HFA | Spine/NF | NF | TR | TJ |
| H/FA | NF | NF/Spine | TJ | VA(Chief)/HFA | SM |
PGY-3 tentative schedule
| Jul/Aug | Sep/Oct | Nov/Dec | Jan/Feb | Mar/Apr | May/Jun |
| TJ | SE | TR | HFA | NF (Chief) | Peds |
| Peds | Tumor | Res | SE | HFA | TJ |
| Res | TR | HFA | Peds | SE | NF(Chief) |
| HFA | Peds | SM | HFA | Res | SE |
| Tumor | TJ | HFA | Res | Peds | TR |
| TR | HFA | Peds | SM | TJ | Res |
| NF | Res | SE | TJ | Knee | VA |
PGY-2 tentative schedule
| Jul/Aug | Sep/Oct | Nov/Dec | Jan/Feb | Mar/Apr | May/Jun |
| TJ | VA | VA | Knee | NF | HFA |
| Knee | NF | TJ | Spine | VA | VA |
| VA | Knee | NF | VA | Peds | Spine |
| VA | TJ | Knee | VA | Knee | NF |
| Spine | VA | VA | NF | Tumor | Knee |
PA will be assigned to make up for deficiencies in the schedule.
* Key to schedules
Chief = Administrative chief
Gen = General
H/FA = Hand/foot and ankle
NF = Night float
Res = Research
SE = Shoulder and elbow
SM = Sports medicine
S/T = Spine/tumor
TJ = Total joint
TR = Trauma
VA = VA Medical Center