In the News

Resident Xinning Li, MD receives a Resident Clinician Scientist Training OREF Grant ($20,000 for 2009-2010 funding year) for his contribution to the project 'Elastomeric Osteoconductive Bone Graft for the Repair of Critical-sized Femoral Defects in Rats.''  This OREF grant is very competitive, with only 10 grants allocated each year in the US. (link to grant award page)

Prerequisites

residents              The University of Massachusetts Orthopaedic Surgery Residency participates in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP).  Each year UMass receives well over 400 applications from medical students across the country and invite 45 qualified candidates for interview over two days, which include a Friday night dinner and formal interviews on Saturday morning.  There are four first-year residents (PGY-1's) with two in the five-year track and two in the six-year track which includes one year of academic research after the internship year. 

All applications will be handled through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and no other information other than what is required by ERAS is needed.  A minimum of three letters of recommendation.  The dealine for completed applications is November 1, 2009. 

Salaries

Salaries are competitive with other programs. As of July 1, 2009 the following salary scale will be in effect at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

PGY-1     $48,862
PGY-2     $50,695
PGY-3     $53,180
PGY-4     $55,266
PGY-5     $57,507

Curriculum

The curriculum for graduate medical education in Orthopaedics is divided into basic science objectives and clinical skills. However, these categories are not mutually exclusive and there are a number of areas of overlap. The educational program is presented in lecture and seminar formats, interactive bioskills labs and courses of intensive concentration.

The Core Curriculum lecture series includes weekly basic science and clinical science lectures and seminars. The Core consist of three hours of didactic lectures each week, as well as daily trauma conferences and a daily rotating schedule of Foot and Ankle, Spine and Reconstructive Surgery conferences are held.  Fracture conference is held weekly along with hand conference.

Research opportunities are available within the Department of Orthopaedics as well as in collaboration with other departments in the Medical Center. A formal research thesis suitable for publication is required of all residents to be presented at the end of the PGY-5 year. or

 

Rotation Specific Objectives (RSO)

The core rotations within the Orthopedics Department require specific objectives for the following specialties:

Hand
Pediatrics
Reconstruction
Shoulder
Spine
Sports
Trauma