University of Utah Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program
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| City | Salt Lake City |
| State/Province | Utah |
| Website | http://uuhsc.utah.edu/orthopedics/ |
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Well rounded
| Overall rating: | 9.6 | |
| Staff Surgeons: | 10.0 | |
| Didactics/Teaching: | 10.0 | |
| Operating Experience: | 9.0 | |
| Clinical Experience: | 9.0 | |
| Research: | 9.0 | |
| Residents: | 10.0 | |
| Lifestyle: | 9.0 | |
| Location: | 10.0 | |
| Overall Experience: | 10.0 |
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Reviewed by West43December 14, 2011
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Program Review
| Staff/Faculty/Chairman | Staff were excellent to work with. Saltzman is really dedicated to building Utah into an Ortho powerhouse(if they aren't already). Stotts (PD) and Aoki (Res selection chair) seem to be great resident advocates. There are big names in all of the subspecialties and they all seemed to be into teaching from my experience as well as co-rotators that were on other services. Some faculty turnover recently, which is unusual supposedly. |
| Didactics/Teaching | Didactics were the best I saw by far, almost exclusively done by faculty and they obviously put time into them. I think because of this the residents really really knew their stuff here, I really cant remember an upper level resident getting a question wrong in didactics the whole month I was there. It was pretty impressive. Lots of teaching in clinic and OR as well, although like all places this was attending dependent. |
| Operating Experience | From what I could tell they operate a lot here. All of the chiefs that I worked with were very proficient in the OR. From talking to rotators on all the services and what I could glean from the residents, the best operative experiences were on Peds, Hand, Joints, F&A and Spine. Sports was okay and Trauma was a little hands off. The residents said the best sports experience was at TOSH as a chief where you essentially get your own room. Of course of the trauma that I did see the seniors were quite good. There is also a VA where of course the operative experience is good. |
| Clinic Experience | Clinic is clinic but there was lots of teaching going on. Every clinic was different but seemed the resident would get to at least see new patients and come up with a diagnosis/plan on them. |
| Research Opportunities | Lots to go around, one month for research as a PGY4. Mostly clinical and biomechanics stuff. Not as much research support/help as some of the bigger programs. Also not shoved down your throat if it is not your thing (one required project). |
| Residents | Very fun group, everyone got along great. Very much the outdoor/skiing type. Most not from Utah and only a few that were Mormon from what I could tell. |
| Lifestyle | Supposedly intern year is not that bad here, they also seemed to be at a lot of the ortho conferences, which I thought was cool (you're not a total GSgy slave for the year). |
| Location/Housing | Great place to live if you like the outdoors in both summer and winter. Many of the residents said they had good discounts on ski passes. Affordable and safe place to live and a great place to raise a family. Some owned houses/condos, some rented. The single residents seemed to say they really liked it was well. SLC is not as overly conservative as I thought it was going to be. |
| Limitations | Some will say fellows are a limitation here, but on many services the fellows don't get in the way of resident education. For example on the joint service the residents always did all of the primary joints with the help of the fellows, while the fellows did the revisions. Similarly on the spine service the residents were very hands on even though there were fellows around. Not an incredibly high volume trauma center, very busy peds though. |
| Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion | Had an amazing rotation and would love to train here. Agree with the former reviewer that this may be one of the most well rounded programs in the country. Will likely rank it #1. |
Qualification
| I rotated as a medical student at this program | |
| Date of Rotation | 2011 |
Most Well Rounded Program in the Country
| Overall rating: | 9.7 | |
| 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: | 9.0 | |
| Overall Experience: | 10.0 |
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Program Review
| Staff/Faculty/Chairman | Dr. Saltzman (chair) has assembled a tremendous faculty and is extremely focused on continually improving the program. Virtually zero faculty turnover in the last 5-10 years. Big names in all subspecs, and they are all dedicated to resident education. All staff that I interacted with were approachable and none were malignant. Staff has voluntarily agreed to less pay in order to fund resident education and conferences. The program has at least 2 faculty in all subspecs and has a shoulder/elbow guy. The program has great depth and breadth for all ortho pathology. Drs. Stotts and Aoki are very involved in resident education and stick up for the residents. |
| Didactics/Teaching |
The best I saw. Almost all are attending delivered, with occasional resident presentation. There is a subspec specific conference, trauma conference, grand rounds/didactics, and basic science/anatomy conference every week. There's a good mix of lectures and hands on learning. Residents are sent to a diff't teaching conference each year. |
| Operating Experience |
Operative experience is graduated based on experience and ability. Plenty to go around between residents and fellows, no cases were double-scrubbed. With all the cases I saw, residents were taken through cases by attendings. I was told that junior level residents would occasionally be taken through cases by upper levels or fellows in the spring. Chiefs were solid in the OR and demonstrated significant autonomy. In addition to operative experience at the university, PGY5's have a sports rotation at a community practice, providing private practice exposure. They are in the process of creating an optional trauma rotation in Ghana. |
| Clinic Experience | Typical clinic. A lot of teaching from faculty. |
| Research Opportunities | Abundant. Tons of funding including from NIH (#6 in country), DoD, and others. While funding is available, they provide support to help with grant writing, etc. Great facilities staffed with PhD's to further the research experience. Variety of opportunities from basic science/tissue engineering to biomechanics to clinical. While there are many opportunities available, nothing is forced on the residents and some choose to do only the one required project. |
| Residents |
Great group. All are extremely knowledgeable and motivated. They get along great and get together outside the hospital. They stick up for each other and are very team oriented in patient care. Chiefs get whatever fellowship they want. Most are outdoor enthusiasts. A majority are married. |
| Lifestyle |
The lifestyle is very conducive to family life. Home call for many of the services. Intern year not as difficult as some other programs I saw. Nightfloat as a PGY2 makes life better for other residents. |
| Location/Housing |
All the locations are within a mile of each other, and most are connected. SLC is an outdoor mecca with tons to do. There's virtually no traffic, the city is extremely safe, and the COL is low for a large city. Not much nice, newer housing in the city. 30% LDS in city limits. The nightlife leaves something to be desired, but it is improving with recent relaxation of previous alcohol laws. |
| Limitations | Fellows. As with most top tier programs, Utah has a number of fellows. However, they are a resident first program. They have eliminated fellowship positions at the suggestion of the residents when it was believed that the fellows were taking away from the resident experience. The fellows and residents I saw had a great working relationship, and there was no "case stealing". |
| Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion | I believe Utah is the best program in the West, and one of the top 5 programs in the country. I could not find a weakness in the program. Balanced in every aspect of residency education. I ranked this program very high. |
Qualification
| I rotated as a medical student at this program | |
| Date of Rotation | Fall 2009 |
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