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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 79:479-80 (1997)
© 1997 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Critical Ingredients of an Orthopaedic Career*

C. McCOLLISTER EVARTS, M.D.{dagger}, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA

*Read at the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, February 13, 1997.


   Introduction
 
You have all begun your professional career, have experienced some of the vicissitudes of assuming total responsibility for a patient, and are relying on your background to guide you as an orthopaedist. As one embarks on this journey, what are the essentials that contribute to success? What can you add to the mix to carry you forward?

What are some of the critical ingredients? First and foremost, an obvious critical ingredient for all is knowledge. Your current knowledge base is an accumulation of many, many years of education, beginning as a child, following a course throughout the educational process, and culminating in an orthopaedic residency. This lengthy process has provided you with a large amount of theoretical and practical knowledge. You have sharpened your ability to solve problems, to approach diagnostic dilemmas, and to function under difficult circumstances. During this period of time, there has been a gradual evolution toward . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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