Rotations

Year 1
• General Surgery
• Trauma
• Plastics Surgery/Burn Care
• Emergency Medicine
• SICU
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Neurological Surgery
• Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Anesthesia 
 
Year 2
• Adult Reconstruction - Three Months at Abington
• Sports Medicine - Three Months at Abington
• Trauma - Three Months at Abington
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - Three Months at St. Christopher's 

Year 3
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - Three Months at St. Christopher's
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - Three Months at Shriners
• General Orthopaedics - Three Months at Abington
• Foot and Ankle Surgery/Orthopaedic Oncology - Three Months at Pennsylvania Hospital 

Year 4
• General Orthopaedics and Spine - Three Months at Abington
• Hand Surgery - Three Months at Abington
• Hand Surgery and Adult Reconstruction - Three Months at Hahnemann
• Trauma - Three Months at Hahnemann

Year 5
• Adult Reconstruction - Three Months at Hahnemann
• Trauma - Three Months at Hahnemann
• Sports Medicine and Upper Extremity - Three Months at Hahnemann
• Adult Reconstruction – Three Months at Abington

Conferences

Conferences are highly interactive and comprise a large segment of resident education. Conferences are held at each of the various institutions weekly. Conferences being held at Hahnemann University Hospital are primarily held on Mondays from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and consist of Journal Club, Topic Presentations by each resident, Visiting Professors, Ethics and Risk Management, Quality Assurance, and Grand Rounds. The weekly morning conference schedule at Hahnemann is as follows:

Monday - Comprehensive Clinical and Basic Science Conference
Tuesday - Hand Surgery Conference
Wednesday – Sports Medicine
Thursday – Adult Reconstruction Conference
Friday - Trauma Conference.

The conferences are in the lecture and discussion format and provide an excellent opportunity for education and interaction between residents and attendings. Grand rounds are typically held monthly and include visiting professors of national renown on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m.

Instructional anatomy dissections are performed in the Winter Sessions.

Research

Resident research activity in the Drexel University College of Medicine program is primarily initiated and supervised by the faculty. Joint research projects therefore are common and encouraged. Each resident will be required to initiate and complete at least one project. An annual Resident Research Day is held in May of each year where all projects are presented formally to the department.

Evaluations

Residents are evaluated quarterly by all attendings on their service.