ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY RESIDENCY

• There are numerous research opportunities for the orthopedic residents at PCOM
• We have the opportunity to work with many fellowship-trained attending surgeons who are actively involved in academic research and publish regularly in highly respected peer reviewed journals
• Several of our residents have recently been published in JAAOS, JBJS, CORR, JOT, JOA, Orthopedics, and Spine
• One of our resident's research won the 2018 John Charnley Hip Society award which was honored at the annual AAOS meeting in 2017
• We also are encouraged to present posters and give podium presentations throughout the country
• Our residents have had podium presentations in England, France and Italy
• We have a resident research curriculum which provides residents with structured objectives to guide their research endeavors with the goal of publishing multiple research projects in peer-reviewed journals by graduation of residency.
• Please email PCOMorthoresearch@gmail.com for more information.

Useful Research Links/Documents. 

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PCOM Orthopedic Residency Research Curriculum

AAOS Research Roadmap

CORR: How to Choose a Research Project as a Resident

Research Pearls: Part 1: Clinical Versus Statistical Significance

Research Pearls: Part 2: Predictive Modeling

Research Pearls: Part 3: Pearls and Pitfalls of Meta-analyses & Systematic Reviews