The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2007;89:1633-1640.
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Potential Strategies for Improving Orthopaedic Education Strategic Dialogue from the AOA Resident Leadership Forum Class of 2005

Anil S. Ranawat, MD1, Douglas R. Dirschl, MD2, Corey J. Wallach, MD3 and Christopher D. Harner, MD1

1 University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine, 3200 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. E-mail address for A.S. Ranawat: ranawatas@upmc.edu
2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, 3147 Bioinformatics, CB#7055, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055.
3 The Anderson Clinic, 2445 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22206

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The third annual American Orthopaedic Association-Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (AOA-OREF)-Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum was held in June 2005, coinciding with the 118th Annual Meeting of the AOA. Its general purpose was to bring together selected young resident leaders from North America to develop leadership skills in orthopaedics. The effectiveness of orthopaedic education has been questioned with the advent of the eighty-hour workweek and the ever-emerging importance of residency accreditation. The focus of the 2005 Resident Leadership Forum was how best to train competent orthopaedists for general orthopaedic practice. The AOA leadership focused the Resident Leadership Forum on four potential strategies to improve resident education: (1) maintain the current residency system (i.e., the status quo), (2) shorten the current training system, (3) lengthen the current training system, and (4) restructure an orthopaedic-specific core competency system. After analyzing each strategy independently, the residents came to a consensus and provided specific resolutions . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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