Review Detail
9.3
3
10
Ohio
August 28, 2007
11509
Program Review
Staff / Faculty / Chairman
Dr. Fankhauser is one of the nicest residency directors you will meet. He is very dedicated to the program as are the rest of the teaching staff. The staff all seem to get along well with the residents. They just completed their Residency review and there is discussion of adding another resident
Didactics / Teaching
Monday-7am Fracture conference
Tuesday-7am Anatomy lab
Wednesday- Didactics all am. Basic science, sub specialty lectures
Thursday- 6:30am Subspecialty lecture
Friday- 7am lecture
Operating Experience
Operate early and often. As an intern you are treated as a general surgery resident when on those months meaning that you do not get stuck on the floor. You build good operative skills. With the low # of residents there are cases to go around and the chiefs rarely take cases because they have their own service and patients to operate on. Every resident is on their own service so you operate with those staff. This being the case you don't do joints only for a few months and then not see it again for 2 years you practice as a "real" orthopedist would and very your cases daily. This gives a good balance and lets you keep the knowledge in the front of your head. Spend 3 months at Trauma 1 center and 6 months at childrens hospital during year 3 and 4.
Clinic Experience
Wednesday afternoon all residents go to the chief clinic. This gives you the chance to get plenty of clinic experience. Also at Mount Carmel they do not operate post call. Usually the hours after call until noon are spent in one of the staff from your services clinic.
Research Opportunities
Great facilities are not present for bench research but 1 minor and 1 major project are required for graduation.
Residents
Great group. Laid back but hard working. Very happy group for the most part. Get along well and interact outside of the hospital often.
Lifestyle
Good lifestyle as Ortho can go. Strict hour compliance. No rounding on Sunday unless on call. Staff rounds on Sundays. Usually get call schedule to work out for at least one and usually 2 weekends off. Ability to moonlight starting as a 3. Nice bonus income. Hospital gives $2400 at the beginning of year to use for food. Free close parking. Friendly staff. Very little scut. Columbus is a good size city with plenty to do.
Location / Housing
Hospital is in rougher part of town but this adds to some trauma experience. Campus is safe. Level 2 trauma center but level 1 trauma goes to nearest trauma center so they get some of that also.
Overall Rotation Experience / Conclusion
Great place to rotate. Great place to train
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Comments
