What are the basic components of an Orthopedic Residency Program?
The first part of a residency program is the didactic section. This is dictated by a publication that the APTA produces, called the Description of Specialty Practice. That documents describes the specific elements that must be part of the curriculum. Each specialty area has its own description. More information about the ‘DSP’ can be found here. The delivery of the curriculum in our program is broken down into an online component, and a physical attendance course component. The second component is a supervised clinical practice one. Every resident must receive a minimum of 150 one on one hours throughout the duration of the program. This means that you will spend at least that amount of time with an experienced clinician who has received training in how to direct your learning experience. This is a critical component of a residency program and in no small part determines the overall learning outcomes. This is an area that you should focus on very heavily when you are deciding between p
