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Department of Orthopaedics at The Ohio State University offers two tracks in the NRMP Match:

Five-Year Program
The 5-year categorical program includes a PGY1 year of rotations which consist primarily of rotations in general surgery.  The remaining four orthopaedic years consist of rotations in all subspecialty areas of orthopaedics.  These areas include foot and ankle surgery, hand surgery, general orthopaedics, joint reconstruction, musculoskeletal oncology, orthopaedic trauma, pediatric orthopaedics, spine surgery, and sports medicine.  Rotations vary in length from six weeks to 6 months.

Formal teaching sessions are an integral component of the training program.  Residents are required to attend approximately four hours of formal conferences each week.  The majority of these conferences take place on Friday mornings at OSU.  All residents are required to attend these Friday morning sessions regardless of where they are rotating at the time.  Additionally, all residents are excused from all duties in order to attend.  In addition to the Friday morning conferences, several educational conferences take place each week at the affiliated hospitals.  Residents who are rotating at those hospitals are required to attend.

Research is also an important component of the five-year orthopaedic residency program.  Each resident in the program is required to complete, present, and submit a manuscript for publication before leaving the program.

Six-Year Research Track Program
The six-year program includes all components of the five-year program, in regards to rotations and formal teaching.  However, the resident matching into the 6-year program will spend a year between his/her PGY-3 and PGY-4 clinical years which focuses exclusively on research.  This opportunity will include participation in ongoing research within the department of Orthopaedics and as well as a more extensive project for which the resident will have primary responsibility.  This resident will be encouraged to prepare for this experience early in the program so that the necessary resources can be identified and secured.  During the research year, the resident's salary will be supported by the department and he or she will be relieved of all clinical responsibilities except for attending teaching conferences.  This will enable him/her to devote the entire year to completing a substantive research effort.

For more information, please refer to the Residency Brochure.PDF.

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