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Program Information
Website: http://cms.clevelandclinic.org/ortho/
City: Cleveland
State/Province: Ohio
Residents per class: 6
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program


User reviews

Average user rating from: 2 user(s)

Overall rating
9.3
Staff Surgeons
10.0
Didactics/Teaching
9.5
Operating Experience
9.5
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
9.5
Residents
10.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
7.0
Overall Experience
9.5
 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

If you don't know about this program, find out now, Thursday, 03 April 2008

Written by CndP   -  View all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer

Overall rating
9.1
Staff Surgeons
10.0
Didactics/Teaching
9.0
Operating Experience
10.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
9.0
Residents
10.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
6.0
Overall Experience
9.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Another large department, but the quality is extremely high. Residents rotate only with those attendings who have proven themselves to be interested and effective teachers. When there is a rotation that residents don't rate highly, it is dropped. Chairman, Dr. Ianotti, PD, Dr. Kuivila, and Assistant PD, Dr. Goodwin, are all just ridiculously friendly, approachable, reasonable, and responsive to resident feedback. The mission of this program is resident education, not making money on the backs of resident labor - the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is efficient enough to make money regardless. All areas are well represented, except trauma, and everyone here is the first to admit that. Greatest strength is probably joints, and quite a few residents go that route for fellowship.
Didactics/Teaching: Every Tuesday morning is protected time for resident didactics. This usually means a basic science lecture and a talk on a clinical topic as well. Attendings fend for themselves (with PA/NP support) in OR/clinic while residents are at conference. There are also specialty-specific conferences at other times during the week and lots of OITE review sessions.
Operating Experience: I never saw residents operate as much as they do here. Attendings are incredibly focused on making their residents the primary surgeons. Most of the residency is set up as a preceptorship (1 resident per attending), so double scrubbing is rare, unless it's a call case where the attending doesn't scrub at all.
Clinic Experience: Clinics run efficiently, with plenty of PA/NP support. Nothing is too formal, and attendings are benign but very interested in teaching. I don't generally like clinic, but here is place where it's really not bad at all.
Research Opportunities: There is a 6-year research track as well as a 5-year clinical track. Although the numbers seem to change year-to-year, this year there were 3 spots for each. I was torn about whether I wanted to do the research year. All the residents I spoke to who did the research year had nothing but good things to say about it, although I don't know much about the specific research opportunities available. What I do know is that residents are required to apply for outside funding, although securing that funding is not a requirement. You could see this as a painful process, or you could see it as a good preparation for academics, depending on your perspective. Also, residents can get into the OR 1 day per week during the research year to keep up their skills or explore an area where they want more exposure.
Residents: Fantastic bunch of guys, with a good mix of single and married residents. Very cohesive group; humorous and happy beyond belief. They get great fellowships afterwards. Many go into joints; those who do this can really just pick their fellowship. Some peds and spine and hand and sports, etc., though, so there's a good amount of diversity as well.
Lifestyle: This is not a program that has trouble with the 80 hour workweek. Call is rather light, especially in regard to trauma, and there is a night float system, which makes for a painful 2 months as a PGY2 but saves everyone else a lot of headaches. This program is at the other end of the spectrum compared to your county-based trauma war-zones like Big County (USC) in L.A. or Ben Taub (Baylor) in Houston. BUT, you will operate as much as either of those places - just on elective stuff, rather than trauma/call cases. And meanwhile you won't be bogged down doing the uneducational stuff more appropriate for ancillary staff and nursing.
Location/Housing: The hospital is located in a poor part of Cleveland. Not too far away is University Hospitals (Case), which is in a much better location. Residents can still live in nice neighborhoods and commute short distances, however, and traffic is more than reasonable. There are some satellite hospitals and clinics that require more driving, however, as well as a peds rotation in Akron. Cleveland is a lot of ghetto, but there are also those aforementioned nice neighborhoods that are surprisingly affordable. If you want to live in a grand old house from the bygone era of Rockefellers etc., you can.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: This program blew my mind. I had no idea what to expect coming in, but I came away extremely impressed. The combination of a friendly, learning-focused atmosphere with tons of operating seems hard to beat. Not the best place if you want to be up all night nailing stuff, but otherwise an absolutely stellar program. I didn't match here, but I'm 100% positive I would have loved it.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation: fall 2008
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Saturday, 27 October 2007

Written by dwu   -  View all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer

Overall rating
9.6
Staff Surgeons
10.0
Didactics/Teaching
10.0
Operating Experience
9.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
10.0
Residents
10.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
8.0
Overall Experience
10.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Staff approachable and willing to teach. Some were very funny and had me laughing the entire time I was with them. Faculty on joints, F&A, and the chairman were among the best faculty I encountered while rotating at different schools. Very slick surgeons.
Didactics/Teaching: Very very strong didactic experience. OITE questions review sessions always had multiple faculty present. surgical skills lab. conferences, lectures - it's cleveland clinic.
Operating Experience: Mentor/apprenticeship style residency. Residents operate early and often. Every subspecialty is well-covered. Weaker experience in trauma, offset by fantastic training in everything else.
Clinic Experience: Less clinic experience and less volume than other programs I am familiar with. However, this is offset by complexity of some patients. very strong sports medicine experience. each resident is assigned to follow a high school sports team for the entire duration of residency.
Research Opportunities: Dedicated research year. Plenty of opportunities.
Residents: Incredible group of residents.
Lifestyle: Residents worked hard. didn't feel like they got a beat down. had plenty of time to hang out and do other stuff. to me, that's a great lifestyle.
Location/Housing: It's cleveland. can't compare to other larger cities, but it's not bad at all. If I remember correctly, any place that has $1 burgers and $5 pitchers is okay in my book. i guess that's just about anywhere.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: Overall, I had a great time. This is a great residency program and you will leave here very well trained. The trauma experience may be a little weak, but they are currently addressing this with the possible addition of a new rotation, and there are a number of elective months built into the residency. Residents, Faculty and facilities are all top notch. Would be lucky to land a spot here.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
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