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Program Information
Website: http://www.geisinger.org/professionals/education/residencies/ortho/index.html
City: Danville
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Residents per class: 2
Geisinger Health System Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program


User reviews

Average user rating from: 1 user(s)

Overall rating
8.2
Staff Surgeons
7.0
Didactics/Teaching
8.0
Operating Experience
10.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
6.0
Residents
10.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
5.0
Overall Experience
9.0
 

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Geisinger, Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Written by riverdog99   -  View all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer

Overall rating
8.2
Staff Surgeons
7.0
Didactics/Teaching
8.0
Operating Experience
10.0
Clinical Experience
9.0
Research
6.0
Residents
10.0
Lifestyle
10.0
Location
5.0
Overall Experience
9.0
Program Information
Staff/Faculty/Chairman: Staff are very approachable. You spend 3 months at a time on mentorships (1 on 1 with individual staff) so you get to know them very well. Very good rapport b/w staff and residents. Not as many big names as found in some more academic programs.
Didactics/Teaching: Many resident run sessions. They do very well on OITE every year, and seem to take this to heart. Lecture approx. 3 times per week at 6:30 prior to cases.
Operating Experience: Excellent. Every resident I worked with was very skilled in comparison to residents I have worked with at other institutions. They spend 3 months at a time with individual staff members and certainly this allows comfort b/w the staff and resident that leads to a great operating experience.
Clinic Experience: Only in clinic when your mentor/current staff is in clinic. Very reasonable. Staff seemed interested in teaching med students when I was there.
Research Opportunities: Not too much was said about research while I was there.
Residents: Great group of guys. Almost all married. (You pretty much have to be to live in Danville.)
Lifestyle: q8 home call PGY2-5. Only get called in for meaningful ortho consults (operative cases, reductions....) Minimal scutwork. Excellent moonlighting opportunity PGY3-5 in community hospital. Overall residents seemed very happy with their lives.
Location/Housing: Buy a real nice TV and order a dish with all the extras. There's not a lot going on in Danville. Literally a town of 6,000 people. (It is a level 1 trauma though covering a large area of rural Pennsylvainia)
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion: Great operating experience. Nice lifestyle. Become a well-trained general orthopedist. Must be able to tolerate a very small rural town.
Qualification
I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation: 2006
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