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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Curriculum

Conferences

The curriculum includes several conferences allowing residents to gain insight into the various subspecialties in Orthopaedic Surgery.

  • Sub-specialty Book Review
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
  • Didactic Adult Reconstruction Lecture
  • Pre-op Adult Reconstruction Conference
  • Musculoskeletal Oncology Conference
  • Didactic Pediatric Orthopaedic Conference
  • Pediatric Orthopaedic Pre-Op Conference
  • Fracture Conference
  • Spine Conference
  • Sports and Upper Extremity Conference
  • VA Indications Conference
  • Journal Club
  • Resident Research Forum

Call Schedule

The On-Call schedule can fluctuate, but usually, it’s not more than every fourth night at Children’s Hospital.  At UNMC, we have a weekday night float call system, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year residents take daytime and weekend first call.  4th and 5th-year residents take back-up call, which averages seven days per month.

Rotations

Starting with their 2nd year, residents will complete five rotations per year. The pediatric rotation is done at Children's Hospital and Medical Center. The VA rotation is done at the Omaha VA Medical Center.

1st Year

Orthopaedic Surgery - 5 months

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - 1 month

General Surgery - Trauma - 1 month

Plastic Surgery - 1 month

Basic Surgical Skills - 1 month

Neurosurgery - 1 month

Infectious Diseases - 1 month

Critical Care Medicine - 1 month

2nd Year

Hand - 11 weeks

Adult Reconstruction - 11 weeks

Tumor - 10 weeks

Night Float at Nebraska Medicine - 10 weeks

VA Team - 10 weeks

3rd Year

Spine - 11 weeks

Orthopaedic Trauma - 11 week

Pediatric Orthopaedics - 10 weeks

Sports and Shoulder - 10 weeks

VA Team - 10 weeks

4th Year

Hand - 11 weeks

Foot and Ankle (Bergan Mercy) - 11 weeks

Orthopaedic Trauma - 10 weeks

Pediatric Orthopaedics - 10 weeks

Sports Medicine - 10 weeks

5th Year

Adult Reconstruction - 11 weeks

Orthopaedic Trauma - 11 weeks

Pediatric Orthopaedics - 10 weeks

Sports Medicine - 10 weeks

VA Team - 10 weeks