Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship
UTCOMLS Medical Students:
M1/M2 students may participate in our preclinical Intro to Ortho Research elective.听
M3 students may complete the two-week Career Exploration elective.
M3 students interested in orthopaedic surgery should list ortho as an interest to potentially be assigned to rotate during their required surgery clerkship block.听
M4 students planning to apply for ortho residency are advised to complete the ortho acting internship elective.听
M4 students interested in orthopaedic surgery may also complete other internal electives; options at various sites including UTMC, Toledo Hospital (TTH), and Wildwood Ortho & Spine Hospital (WOSH).听
听
Visiting Medical Students:
M4 students interested in completing a visiting student rotation must submit an application through VSLO.听
Availability to accept visiting students is limited - we typically have two spots to offer for each block August-November.听
VSLO catalog opens in February - Applications for all available blocks are reviewed in March - Offers sent in April
The Ortho Experience at UTMC:
Medical student clinical electives are meant to be immersive and we want medical students to have more than a backseat role.听 You will be paired with a resident and an attending in different subspecialties of orthopaedics, rotating weekly.听 You will spend time in both the operating room and the clinic where you will see a variety of cases as we attempt to expose you to as many aspects of our field as possible. While on rotation in the Orthopaedic Department students participate in daily patient hand-offs and morning lectures with the residents and attending physicians.听
General description of our Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship elective.
听
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Program Administration:
Abdul A. Mustapha, MD
Clerkship Director and Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Christopher Sanford, MD
Residency Program Director and Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Martin Skie, MD
Chairman and Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Kelly Kovacs
Research & Education Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery
kelly.kovacs@utoledo.edu