ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY RESIDENCY

Students who complete an elective rotation with PCOM will be provided with graduated responsibility in a challenging academic environment, working closely with PCOM residents and clinical faculty. 

• Due to COVID-19, our adjusted audition season will tentatively start July 6, 2020, and ends on January 29, 202
  
  

- For PCOM medical students interested in setting up audition rotations, the season will start July 6, 2020.

- Per the recommendation of the American Orthopedic Association / Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (AOA/CORD): Provide adequate exposure to orthopaedic surgery and advocate for at least 2 months of orthopaedic surgery for students at their home program. Therefore, when submitting your application, please give us two different time slots that will work with your schedule. You don't have to schedule back to back rotations.




- For non-PCOM medical students, the season will open tentatively on July 6, 2020 virtually.

- In person auditions will be granted if: (1) learners who have a specialty interest and do not have access to a clinical experience with a residency program in that specialty in their school’s system; or (2) students who have a graduation or military requirement to complete such a rotation.

As far as what to expect while on your 4 week rotation, you will spend time at: 

• Lankenau Medical Center
• Abington Hospital*
• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children*

Duties while on service will include rounding, writing progress notes, helping with day to day floor responsibilities, and of course, OR case coverage. You will also have the opportunity to spend time in the office, predominately with the program chairman, Dr. John McPhilemy, but also with some of our core faculty. It is strongly encouraged that you attend our education on Thursdays from 2p-7p (Evans Hall Room 334A). You may be expected to read basic XRs as well as discuss classifications and treatment options in commonly seen injuries. If involved in cases, you should be expected to know the basic musculoskeletal anatomy. Rounding and case coverage on the weekends with the junior residents is optional, but encouraged.

Required documents to have when setting up an elective IN-PERSON AUDITION rotation:

Pre-Approval Required Documents:

• Photo*
• CV*
• Boards score*
• Elective Application (PDF)

• Transcript*
• Copy of health insurance card (front and back)
• Certificate of malpractice insurance (minimum of $1 million/$3 million, current at time of rotation)
• Letter of good standing*
• PA state criminal background check (within six months of the requested rotation dates)*
• PA FBI fingerprinting clearance (within six months of the requested rotation dates)*
  • We will only accept the fingerprinting certificate from the Department of Human Services, not the CJIS- Criminal Justice Information Services certificate from the Department of Justice.
    
  • If you are non-PA resident, once you click on the hyperlink of IdentGO, scroll down to the bottom of the website and click on "Pennsylvania Non-Resident Cardscan Instructions" for further instructions.
    
  • Please don't send in your actual fingerprint card, it will not be accepted.
    
• PA child abuse clearance (within six months of the requested rotation dates)*
• Immunization records*
• PPD test results (within one year of the requested rotation dates)*
• Flu shot verification (within one year of the requested rotation dates)*
• Mask fit test results (within one year of the requested rotation dates)*
• Affiliation agreements are needed for Non-PCOM students, please check with your school to confirm that an agreement between PCOM and your school is in place in order to complete your audition or non-audition request.

To set up your rotation please email Residency Program Coordinator Marie-Renee Malvoisin  at  mariereneema@pcom.edu

Policies updated as of June 8, 2020.

Please note any of these requirements are subject to change as we are trying to accommodate as best as possible during this time.

If you have additional questions about the upcoming year please contact one of the chiefs for 2020-2021 academic year:

Tyler Smith (tylersmi@pcom.edu)

Greg Gilson (gregorygil@pcom.edu)