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The Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Orthopaedic Surgery Residency focuses on the purposeful development of surgical skills. Residents have access to a high volume of cases across all specialties, where they first assist from their intern year and progress with autonomy in the operating room based on their experience. The residency fosters a spirit of inquiry to provide the skills and habits required to critically evaluate the orthopedic literature and participate in research. The development of strong clinical and surgical skills is coupled with an emphasis on providing compassionate patient care and mentorship.
Residents receive training in hospital, clinic, outpatient, and office settings. Our teaching staff includes fellowship-trained surgeons in all specialties including trauma, hand, foot, and ankle, total joint arthroplasty, spine, shoulder, sports, pediatric orthopedic surgery, and orthopedic oncology.
We strive to train residents to become the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons in a way that advances our field and the reputation of our profession, maintains the core values of professionalism and integrity and positions our graduates to succeed as physicians, leaders and innovators. It is expected that our residents achieve graduated autonomy commensurate with their program year such that they are independent and competent with core clinical skills upon graduation. We want our graduates to feel confident that they can go directly into clinical practice, yet be competitive for fellowships if they desire subspecialty training. We aspire to graduate residents that we would be happy to recruit back to our community as partners and colleagues. We prioritize the development of surgical proficiency coupled with a strong clinical knowledge base such that our graduates can provide high-quality, value-based, patient-centered care upon graduation. Although most of our graduates pursue a clinical career, we aim to provide them the necessary skills and experience in research such that they could make the transition to an academic path as well. Read our full program aims.
Education is not a passive process. We strive to have residents work with our most accomplished faculty, many are alumni of this residency program. We employ a mentorship model of education and there is an expectation that our residents to have a strong commitment to their training with focus, integrity, and professionalism. The faculty are also expected to meet requirements as dedicated educators.The teaching staff includes fellowship-training surgeons in all specialties including trauma, hand, foot & ankle, total joint arthroplasty, spine, shoulder, sports, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, and orthopaedic oncology.
Our program focuses on the purposeful development of surgical skills. Residents get early access to operative experiences and first-assist during the majority of residency training with progressive autonomy in the operating room. In addition to a high volume surgical experience, we have a simulation surgery program, including a state of the art arthroscopy simulator where residents can refine motor skills outside of the operating room. All residents meet their required case minimums for graduation well before the end of their training.
Residents receive training in hospital, clinic, outpatient and office settings. The program rotates at four Grand Rapids hospitals:
We strive to train residents to become the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons in a way that advances our field and the reputation of our profession, maintains the core values of professionalism and integrity and positions our graduates to succeed as physicians, leaders and innovators. It is expected that our residents achieve graduated autonomy commensurate with their program year such that they are independent and competent with core clinical skills upon graduation. We want our graduates to feel confident that they can go directly into clinical practice, yet be competitive for fellowships if they desire subspecialty training. We aspire to graduate residents that we would be happy to recruit back to our community as partners and colleagues. We prioritize the development of surgical proficiency coupled with a strong clinical knowledge base such that our graduates can provide high-quality, value-based, patient-centered care upon graduation. Although most of our graduates pursue a clinical career, we aim to provide them the necessary skills and experience in research such that they could make the transition to an academic path as well. Read our full program aims.
Education is not a passive process. We strive to have residents work with our most accomplished faculty, many are alumni of this residency program. We employ a mentorship model of education and there is an expectation that our residents to have a strong commitment to their training with focus, integrity, and professionalism. The faculty are also expected to meet requirements as dedicated educators.The teaching staff includes fellowship-training surgeons in all specialties including trauma, hand, foot & ankle, total joint arthroplasty, spine, shoulder, sports, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, and orthopaedic oncology.
Our program focuses on the purposeful development of surgical skills. Residents get early access to operative experiences and first-assist during the majority of residency training with progressive autonomy in the operating room. In addition to a high volume surgical experience, we have a simulation surgery program, including a state of the art arthroscopy simulator where residents can refine motor skills outside of the operating room. All residents meet their required case minimums for graduation well before the end of their training.
Residents receive training in hospital, clinic, outpatient and office settings. The program rotates at four Grand Rapids hospitals:
As program director for the Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, I want to introduce you to our program. Our residency program is one of the oldest in the nation with its inception dating back to 1933. We currently train five residents per year and have over 50 dedicated faculty with specialty training in all areas of orthopaedics covering a large clinical volume of patients as a regional referral center. Our residents enjoy training at state of the art facilities covering four major hospitals, appreciate the partnership with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and live in a smaller, vibrant Midwest city close to the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan.
Residents enjoy a healthy quality of life outside of work and I recognize the importance of work-life balance to avoid burnout, which is a serious risk of our profession. Many residents have families and the comradery and social support within the program is an important part of our team chemistry. Your fellow residents will become some of your best friends and lifelong colleagues. Our residents and faculty are the heart of the program and of which I am most proud.
Our residency leadership strives to ensure every resident purposefully develops the knowledge base and more importantly surgical skills necessary for success. In addition to learning how to operate, an important emphasis is placed on why and when to operate, and how to incorporate evidenced-based medicine into practice.
If you train at Corewell Health, I will expect much over your five years of residency and no doubt you will be challenged and will work hard. In return, you will have my absolute commitment to your education and that commitment does not end after completion of residency.
Karl C. Roberts,
MD program director
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*Director, spine education and anatomy
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