Orthopedic Residency Guide

Step by step guide to orthopaedic residency for medical students, helping with successful enrolment. US author team.

Orthopedic surgery remains one of the most competitive subspecialties in medicine. This "how- to" guide describes how medical students can achieve their goal of being accepted into an orthopedic residency program and how to thrive once there. This book by Drs. Laith M. Jazrawi, Kenneth A. Egol and Joseph D. Zuckerman is the only book on the market that solely focuses on getting into an orthopedic residency or fellowship training program, excelling once you are there, and maximizing and obtaining the right practice opportunity for you. Providing easy-to-read chapters and quick reference materials, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of musculoskeletal care.

Excellent resource of orthopedic knowledge. Easy to use note format - checklist character. Illustrations include x-rays and clinical photos that have previously appeared in examinations. Preface written by Jesse Jupiter (Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital) nad John Wedge (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) Useful to students and practitioners throughout the world.

This is a quick-reference resource covering the most common acute orthopedic injuries. Including bulleted text and easy-to-follow algorithms, protocols, and images, this “pocket consultant” provides the most up-to-date information when you need it most. Organized anatomically for fast reference, each chapter is broken down into the most common and most serious injuries with tips on how to evaluate and treat adult and pediatric patients. Each injury pattern discussed includes a brief description covering what to ask, what to bring, what to request, what to test, what to look for, and how to further evaluate. The contributing authors are senior orthopedic surgery residents at a major Level-1 Trauma Center who have experience managing a high volume of orthopedic injuries and who have trained many young residents. Covering all aspects of acute care, The Orthopedic Consult Survival Guide is an indispensable tool for medical students, residents, fellows, attendings , and affiliated providers in orthopedic surgery, emergency medicine, and surgery caring for orthopedic patients in emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and primary practice settings.

Ortho Review: A Resident's Study Guide to the Orthopaedic Surgery Board Exam-Second Edition has undergone extensive improvements and significant content additions to build upon the success of the first edition. The text has been completely revised and reorganized for enhanced readability, which will improve the learner's experience. Most importantly, every section has been updated with the most current and clinically relevant content to prepare the orthopaedic surgery resident for passing the board exam and succeeding in clinical practice. Ortho Review is an essential resource for the time-strapped resident to study effectively and efficiently. Key Features: - Question-and-answer format prepares for oral examinations - Comprehensive content - Extensively referenced - 30+ newly added topics - Many more updated and revised topics

The Orthopaedic Clinical Handbook is a pocket guide for students in any orthopedic course, including physicians, physical therapists and assistants, chiropractors, and athletic trainers. This useful resource is organized in a manner that is helpful for both students and clinicians. the reader will find the information they need easily, as the information is organized by body regions, and includes medical screening differential diagnosis tables, origin, insertion, nerve supply and action of muscles. Suggestions for evaluation, post surgical rehab protocols, and evidence-based parameters for mod

With an emphasis on set-up and execution and lessons learned from expert practitioners, this concise, practical guide for residents and fellows presents the essentials for both common and complex spine surgery. Proceeding anatomically from the cervical to the sacroiliac, and including chapters on spinal tumors, infection and revision surgery, nearly 40 different procedures are highlighted, from corpectomy, arthroplasty and laminectomy to percutaneous screws, decompression and fusion. Chapters include all the information a resident will need to know: indications and contraindications, imaging and diagnosis, OR set-up and instrumentation selection, the specific operative technique, post-operative protocols, and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Radiographs and full-color intraoperative photographs accompany each procedure. Whether suturing dura or performing a lateral interbody fusion, spinal surgery is a technical pursuit, and having a firm grasp of the details can ultimately determine the procedure's success. Written and edited by veterans in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery, The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery is just the detailed, user-friendly resource for up-and-coming clinicians looking to develop and expand their surgical expertise.

In a very concise and extremely well organized manner Orthopedic Traumatology discusses the important principles underlying the management of orthopedic trauma, which has undergone significant changes recently. The book will benefit residents in orthopedics as well as orthopedic surgeons in developed and developing countries. It will help educate trainees in orthopedic surgery, nursing, physiotherapy and rehabilitation medicine as well as medical students. The book’s structure facilitates review of the material before board exams and the quick retrieval of information.