- Basic science and clinical tumor pathology is an automatic part of the program with our Chairman being an orthopaedic oncology specialist.
- We have a large and vast pediatric experience with one of America's largest children's hospitals. This includes both the bread and butter type fracture experience as well as specialty work such as scoliosis, CP and SCFE.
- We have a good research opportunity with both clinical and basic science type projects. Residents may present their projects at national meetings, if accepted.
- Office rotations in the real world of private practice. How to run a practice, from the clinical, business and personnel standpoints.
- A faculty of teachers that rivals any university program. Ninety-five percent are fellowship trained in some subspecialty area. (All subspecialties are represented. Outstanding, defined rotations in hand, children's orthopaedics with large numbers of fellowship trained specialists.)
- No fellows in this program. We are 100% resident-oriented for our teaching and training.
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Coordinator: Kathy Walsh C-TAGME
E-mail: kwalsh@agmc.org
Phone: 330-344-6269
This five-year, postgraduate training program is fully accredited by the RRC (ABOS & ACGME). The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery offers three first-year positions to senior medical students via the NRMP process.
Our residents benefit from training that is based on an integral framework of patient care, education and research. They are supervised by an outstanding clinical faculty that is committed to education and fellowship-trained in all Orthopaedic subspecialties.
Trauma As a Level I trauma center, regional tertiary referral center and community hospital, Akron General offers residents the opportunity to work with patients from the entire spectrum of musculoskeletal diseases and trauma. Residents will participate in all aspects of patient care, under faculty supervision at different levels of responsibility.
Akron Children's Hospital Another benefit of residency at Akron General is the relationship we've fostered with Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron - providing an excellent experience for residents interested in Pediatric Orthopaedics. This hospital is located in very close proximity to Akron General. The residents do not have to leave the area to do their peds ortho rotations.
Fracture Conference This conference is held every Wednesday morning after Basic Science conference. Residents discuss cases that presented to the Emergency Department the previous week.
Basic Science Clinical and basic science faculty present a weekly basic science conference as part of a two-year curriculum. Special conferences include weekly sessions covering x-ray and trauma.
Anatomy Conference An anatomy conference includes presentations on surgical approaches to treatment and cadaver dissection. Residents will also have the opportunity to attend hands-on conferences throughout the year that include equipment, such as saw bones and joint implants.
Orthopaedic Journal Club Residents, attending physicians, our senior research scientist and PhD statistics professor from NEOUCOM participate in a monthly evening Journal Club. This is usually held the third Thursday of the month. The group reviews current and classic articles usually from the JBJS emphasizing scientific design, analysis methods and results.
Research is an important aspect of orthopaedic training. All residents are required to complete, present at at national meetings and submit an abstract for publication while in the program.Time, funding, space and faculty support is provided. The department has a Senior Research Scientist to enhance the department's efforts in biomechanical research. Research projects are presented at the Annula Akron combined Orthopaedic Surgery Research Day and AGMC's Scientific Session.
Senior Talks Day Each May, clinical activities are suspended for a half-day. Residents and attendings convene off campus for a half- day program of senior resident presentations.
Annual Meetings All residents (PGY-2 - PGY-5) attend two out of town conferences per year.
PGY-I: ATLS
PGY- II: AO/ ASIF Fracture Course Strategies and AAOS/ OTA Orthopaedic Extremity Trauma Course
PGY- III: AANA Arthroscopy Course and Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (Orlando only)
PGY- V: Miller's Board review and an approved elective meeting
PGY-V: AAOS Annual meeting and the AAOS Board Review course
Graduates of program have a 96% pass rate on ABOS certifying board exams. Akron General Orthopaedic residents have scored, as a group, above the 90th percentile, with an average of 96%, for the past nine years on the annual OITE in-training exam by AAOS. In 2001, they scored in the 100th percentile and were the number one program in the country.
Orthopaedic graduates are appointed to post-residency fellowships and have been accepted into fellowships in all specialties across the country.
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