The Corewell Health orthopaedic residency program features a comprehensive, hands-on educational experience across the 8 core orthopaedic subspecialties: foot & ankle, hand, joint reconstruction, pediatrics, spine, sports, trauma, and tumor. Clinical competency and technical skills are refined through bio-skill labs, cadaveric dissections, didactics, and journal clubs.
To better familiarize medical students with the field of orthopaedic surgery, as well as resident life at the Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital medical students are invited to apply for a 4-week elective rotation. Students will be assigned an orthopaedic surgical subspecialty and work closely with an assigned faculty mentor and senior orthopaedic resident. Students will only rotate through the Corewell Health Royal Oak Hospital campus and are not expected to travel to other clinical facilities. Through the rotation, medical students will be:
Visiting medical students may apply for the Corewell Health Hospital, Royal Oak and Taylor Orthopaedic away rotation through the AAMC Visiting Student Application Service.
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Night Float
Weekend call
Saturday call
Clinical and surgical training is enhanced by a rigorous comprehensive didactic program.
Morning Didactics
Journal clubs
Residents participate in many journal clubs throughout the year. Most notably, each month a residency-wide journal club is held at a local restaurant to discuss new, landmark studies. Additional subspecialty journal clubs may also be held on a monthly or biweekly basis. Through these academic discussion with the faculty and their colleagues, residents become facile at critically appraising the scientific literature and applying it to their surgical acumen.
Arthroscopy wet lab sessions
Faculty-led, arthroscopy sessions on utilizing cadaveric extremity specimens. Sessions help familiarize residents with the use of arthroscopic cameras, tools, implants and techniques.
Anatomy week
A week-long session where residents work alongside with orthopaedic faculty to practice various surgical approaches and procedures on cadaveric specimens. In this low-risk and safe environment, residents obtain a fully hands-on experience to learn the critical thinking and surgical techniques to achieve reproducible surgical outcomes. Previous sessions have included total hip arthroplasty, intramedullary femoral nail placement, total shoulder arthroplasty, distal radius plate fixation, trigger finger releases, and more.
Information for Applicants (Policies, How to Apply, Salaries)