The principal educational method utilized is one-to-one mentorship.
The fellow will rotate among the teaching staff on a quarterly basis,
participating in surgery and outpatient clinics. The fellow will be
given ample opportunity to work independently with supervising attending
staff immediately available at all times.
The
educational program will include
- a weekly indications conference
(pre-operative planning and post-operative radiographic critique and
assessment)
- a monthly arthroplasty journal club
- presentation of one case with literature review at the monthly Morbidity and
Mortality Conference
- attendance at the annual American Association of
Hip and Knee Surgeons' meeting
- preparation and presentation of at least
one publishable paper at the annual Beaumont Orthopaedic Research
Forum
- preparation and submission of at least one abstract to the annual
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS) meeting and/or other
society meetings such as the American Association of Hip and Knee
Surgeons (AAHKS) annual meeting