Houston Ortho Programs
By Guest on Monday, 05 January 2015
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Hello all! Hopefully I'm posting in the right section and if I'm not, I'll delete the topic and post it in the right section.

I'm half way through my third year and I'm starting to think about applying to Houston programs for away rotations and what not. I have two away rotations during my fourth year and I at least one of them (maybe even both) to be in Houston, however I'm really unsure what programs out of the three (Baylor, UTHouston, and Methodist) I should be attempting to apply to.

That being said, I know the residency review area is the best place for this information but there is only info on UT-Houston and nothing on the other programs. I was wondering if someone who either has rotated there (home or away), interviewed there, or even is a resident there could give me a little bit more info about the program/answer a few Q's because I'm having a hard time trying to figure out which away rotation I should do.

I totally understand if it's out of line to reply to this thread due to anonymity and what not but I would even appreciate a PM from any of you.

Thanks and good luck to everyone on the interview trail!
I'm a resident at UT-Houston, we love to have rotators. I've been meaning to update our review as we've added a lot more faculty since the previous review but things are great. Routt and the trauma faculty live to teach.
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Thank you! That's definitely good to hear that they're enthusiastic with regards to teaching. When rotators come through there, is it largely a hands on experience or shadowing for the most part? I know we as students are the grunt of the totem pole so to speak, but it would be amazing if we had some hands in patient care.

Also, in your experience in helping pick candidates, has amount of research played a heavy role in choosing applicants?

Thanks again for replying
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I wouldn't say we're a very research heavy program, however we're always bringing in more research staff and looking at new methods to mine our data (huge untapped database as we implemented a program a few years ago to track every trauma patient we get). There is stronger focus on us as residents to get published. That being said we're just looking for hardworking guys that are the best fit here, research is an added plus.
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Appreciate the post! Thanks again
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