AOA Orthopedic Interview Amount
I have been looking everywhere for match data on the number of interviews you should have or get to match into orthopedic surgery in the AOA match. Anyone have any numbers out there that are either...
View ArticleHow many interviews is considered "good?"
See title. Applying both AOA and ACGME but I can't find any good data on how many interviews is necessarily "good."
View ArticleWhat cases take the longest and shortest amounts of time in the OR? What's...
Hey guys, med student here. I was just curious what the OR times generally looked like for Ortho vs other surgical specialties. As someone with a fair amount of knee and back injuries, I was wondering...
View ArticleHours an Orthopedist works
Hey all, So I know this is a silly question. I say it's silly because, let's face it, I feel like Ortho attracts "Type A" personality individuals who are willing to do whatever they need to do to be...
View ArticleIs it ok to do Research that Is not Ortho specific?
My school does not really have that any ortho research projects going on (maybe 1 that you could vaguely argue is related to Ortho) and that professor only takes one student on each year. However, my...
View ArticleWhat are my chances? Research year?
Hi, I am looking for some advice on chances of matching orthopaedics. With a 230 step 1 score, is there a realistic shot at matching or is it time to be realistic and move on. I really do not want to...
View ArticleWould a pre-doctoral fellowship in OPP be beneficial for applying to...
It adds a year to medical school, but you get to sharpen your OMM technique and there is a lot of MSK stuff involved. I think you could also use this time to crank out some research or something. Do...
View ArticleWill doing Exclusively Ortho research hurt me if I applied to other...
So last time I asked about having to do specifically Ortho research for ortho. I got my answer and found a project to hop on to. BUT, I'm realizing I definitely don't have time to do both research...
View ArticleImportant to consider/ Appropriate to ask?
MS4 here trying to decide my rank list order for DO ortho programs. I was wondering if it's important to consider the specific volume of cases different programs get (i.e. resident from Program A may...
View ArticleOsteopathic Orthopedic Residency 2019 Match
All the other threads were a little dated. Any thoughts on going to Riverside or Modesto, where would you go? Thanks.
View ArticleMicrodiscectomy = Not a surgeon?
Hello all, So I'm a long term planner, highly aware that chances are I will change my choice of specially before the end of medical school, but currently (and for the past 25 years) my hope has been...
View ArticlePrep for Ortho Rotation
I am a third year medical student interested in orthopedics. I have two orthopedic rotations back-to-back at the end of 3rd year. What are the best resources to use to prepare for/study for ortho? I...
View ArticlePostInterview Contact Osteopathic Orthopedic Residency 2019 Match -
Can we get a thread going of the places that have made contact with students so we can keep a track of it, please? I think it would certainly be beneficial especially since we're not too far away from...
View ArticleDO Ortho 2020
Few questions: So basically there are 20 initially accredited DO ortho programs as of Jan 2019, and of the programs finding out this week only Doctors in Columbus was added to the list of accredited...
View ArticleAOA Ortho Interview Schedule 2018-2019
Figure we can keep an update google sheet to help each other out and know if certain programs have sent out interviews without having to create individual threads for each program...
View ArticleSecond author to an attending
Ms2 shooting for ortho. I got a paper into a top ortho journal and was expecting to be first author as I wrote the whole thing and did all phone follow up and stats/data analysis. However my...
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