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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Residency Programs » Pennsylvania
Written by OrthoDoc     August 28, 2007    
 

UPMC Review

Overall rating: 
 
 8.3
Staff Surgeons:
 
 9.5
Didactics/Teaching:
 
 8.5
Operating Experience:
 
 7.5
Clinical Experience:
 
 8.3
Research:
 
 10.0
Residents:
 
 7.8
Lifestyle:
 
 6.8
Location:
 
 8.3
Overall Experience:
 
 8.3
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Staff/Faculty/Chairman The staff at UPMC are all experts in their respective fields; in my experience they were all also interested in teaching residents, often printing out new literature on a topic to give to the resident or medical student. Dr. Fu is also an excellent chairman, who takes immense pride in the residency and is also willing to do all the legwork to keep the program functioning at a top level.
Didactics/Teaching As above, teaching in the OR was excellent. Teaching in clinic can suffer sometimes due to the high volume, but residents and medical students see all new patients and present to the attending, then accompany the attending in for the evaluation.

Didactics occur at trauma/ fracture conference, which occurs 7 days a week for about 30 mins. The teaching is excellent, but residents and medical students are expected to know their stuff and can expect to be embarassed if they don't. Full didactics are Wednesdays and are protected time. I was less impressed with these lectures, although they are all by faculty. They just sometimes feel a bit crammed.
Operating Experience I thought the residents operated well and often, especially from the 3 year on. It has come to my attention, however, that on some services this happens more than others. Fellows certainly do play a role in the operative experience, although often there is little overlap in cases, with a senior running one room and a fellow the other.
Clinic Experience Clinic space is beautiful and well run, but like I said, the volume is high so attendings will not often stop to emphasize teaching points. Residents will see all new patients, however, and a lot can be learned from repetition.
Research Opportunities Pitt is a research factory. There is literally about a dozen labs running high level orthopaedic research. The infrastrcture is in place for a resident who is interested to easily get involved.
Residents I really liked the residents at Pitt. They are all very smart, very impressive people who like to teach. But they weren't bookish, and they loved to party, too. I think this is a major strength of the program.
Lifestyle Depends on the rotation. PGY-2s get killed on trauma, etc. From 3-year on, though, things are fairly cushy.
Location/Housing Pittsburgh has a lot to offer, and the housing market is CHEAP. It can't be beat. Downside is that it's not a bustling singles scene.
Overall Rotation Experience/Conclusion I consider Pitt to be one of the finest programs in the country that I was exposed to. I thought the fellows were a little bit of a downside, but the facilities, faculty, residents, and the opportunities Pitt affords after graduation are tough to beat.

Qualification

I rotated as a medical student at this program
Date of Rotation Summer-Fall '07
 

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