Department of Orthopaedics
Curriculum
Orthopaedic residency training at Brown is comprehensive, comprising hands-on clinical experiences, conferences, and lectures, and targeted learning opportunities, such as workshops in bioskills.
Meet the faculty and residents advancing orthopaedic practice and research locally, nationally, and globally.
Curriculum
Orthopaedic residency training at Brown is comprehensive, comprising hands-on clinical experiences, conferences, and lectures, and targeted learning opportunities, such as workshops in bioskills.
PGY1-PGY5 clinical rotations are structured to maximize resident education with graduated autonomy. Care is taken to avoid overlap with fellows except when fellows are independently operating as attendings and taking residents through cases. Clinical sites span the spectrum from ambulatory surgical centers to a Level 1 Trauma Center.
The residency program provides extensive clinical experiences across all orthopaedic subspecialties - all at area hospital sites within 20 minutes of each other.
A major strength of our residency training program is that all rotations and experiences occur at three hospitals - all within five miles of each other.
Weekly Conferences
Wednesday mornings are dedicated for didactics. Following Orthopedic Department Grand Rounds, there are 2-3 hours of dedicated resident education. Format varies including traditional lectures, case discussions, journal clubs, and hands on labs.
Trauma Board morning conference is daily at Rhode Island Hospital, with the consult residents presenting all admissions and consults from the previous 24 hours. Cases are reviewed and discussed as a department.
Indications conferences are held by each division separately and attended by the residents currently on those services.
National Conferences
The Department sends all residents to an assigned conference every year depending on their year of training. Additionally, the department pays for and provides clinical coverage for residents to attend any conference where they are presenting an accepted research abstract
Brown's Orthopaedic Residency Program supports resident education by funding trips to multiple courses and conferences each year.
The Silver Fellowship provides funding to residents and fellows interested in international clinical experiences.
Meet the faculty and residents advancing orthopaedic practice and research locally, nationally, and globally.