Education
The clinical educational program in orthopaedic surgery at
the University of Chicago is centered at the University of
Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and Weiss Memorial Hospital as a
cohesive academic unit with a full-time clinical and basic
science faculty dedicated to the care of patients, education of
students, residents, and fellows, and the creation of new
knowledge in the clinical and basic science of musculoskeletal
diseases. The clinical portion of the program is carried out
primarily by the eighteen full-time orthopaedic surgeons. The
clinical education is centered around inpatient units, on-site
and off-site outpatient clinics, and the operating room. The
management of patients is divided into seven clinical services.
The clinical care of orthopaedic surgery
is divided into sections that include joint reconstruction, hand
and upper extremity, spine, oncology, pediatrics, foot and
ankle, trauma, and sports medicine. The faculty are directly
responsible as the physicians for patients and, with the
residents, make pre- and postoperative evaluations of patients.
There is no separation of clinics between the faculty and
residents. There is very little conflict between operating room
and clinic schedules. For more information on components of
the curriculum:
Last update:
01/11/2008 |
