FM sports med doc in an ortho practice: does this exist?
I'm curious to know if any ortho PP employ FM sports med docs. On one hand, I feel like PAs can do a good amount in the clinic already and would be preferred largely due to them being more...
View Article10 months Post ACL, What just happened!...
Hi, 48 y.o. dentist here who likes to snowboard and do jiu jitsu. I had ACL allograft reconstruction in May of 2018. Rehab went pretty well with some behind the patella pain while going up stairs....
View ArticleFor a DO shooting for a formerly-AOA residency, it all about COMLEX, or does...
Would love to hear your thoughts!
View ArticleEvidence based guidelines/research
Hello all, Anyone have a list of major papers/guidelines to guide interns/residents during clinic? For example, pt comes in and has meniscal tear symptoms but also has arthritis. Previous papers i've...
View ArticleAway Rotations After ERAS App
Hi All, Applying to the upcoming cycle. Does it hurt my chances if I do not get in all of my away rotations prior to submitting ERAS? I have a lower step 1 (low 230) and am trying to kill step 2...
View ArticleStrengthening my app
Hi everyone, I’m now starting M3 and have 0 research thus far on my application... I worked on something as an M1 but it never got completed (not due to me, but a long story I won’t get into here). My...
View ArticleInterpreting Away Rotation Acceptances
Hey everyone, I am, unfortunately, a pretty noncompetitive ortho applicant (or so I was told). Step 1 - 239, top 25% in my class in a middle tear MD program, honored 4/6 of my 3rd year (including IM...
View ArticleHow are you preparing for boards/OITE?
Just started year four - haven't done great on OITE last year. How do you prepare? Orthobullets? Questions, questions, and more questions? All on Orthobullets?
View ArticleWhat are the most important things in regard to securing an away rotation...
Hey y'all, I've looked at the Program Director's survey and asked around my school but gotten mixed answers. What do most programs look at when granting away rotation requests and what are their...
View ArticleOrthopaedic Knee Fellowship for 2020
The Shelbourne Knee Center at Community East Hospital, located on the east side of Indianapolis, is offering a postdoctoral Orthopaedic Knee Fellowship beginning in August 2020. The one-year,...
View ArticleFanny Packs
To people in ortho: Fanny packs – 1. Underrated and should be used by more people? or 2. Makes you look like a super dork and not actually useful?
View ArticleNon-Ortho Letters
Hey everyone! I was wondering how non-ortho/non-surgical letters are viewed if they're one of the 3 you use for residency applications? Currently I have 1 letter that I believe will be really good from...
View ArticlePrograms that accept DO applicants
Hello everyone. I am a fourth year osteopathic student interested in pursuing orthopaedic surgery. I am competitive as an applicant in all fields and have had MD peers tell me that if I was an MD I...
View ArticleLarkin Orthopedic Surgery Student Rotations
Hello all and welcome to audition season. I am a second year at Larkin and wanted to give an update on our medical student rotation status. Last year we were unable to provide audition rotations due...
View ArticleAway Rotation Presentation
The away program I am rotating at right now requires us to put together a 10 minute presentation in front of the residents and attendings at the end of our time. They say that “they want us to teach...
View ArticleUse of Standardized Letters of Recommendations (SLORs) in Ortho?
A friend of mine just showed me the AOA has released a SLOR form for evaluations to be submitted to ERAS? Is that the norm now? Does everyone use these forms? I already have two letters uploaded to...
View ArticleHow competitive is it to get a funded Ortho research year?
How competitive is it to get one of the funded ortho research years (i.e Rush, Rothman, HSS, BenFox CHOP, etc)?? I am trying to decide between ortho and 1-2 other fields but unfortunately do not have...
View ArticleOrtho Job Market
Hey, can anyone comment on what the ortho job market is looking like right now? Because everyone does a fellowship nowadays, does that mean that it is hard to find a job because you are so specialized?...
View Article