Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Curriculum

The Sports Medicine Fellowship program at The Ohio State University serves to:

• Develop clinical and surgical competence in orthopedics
• Strengthen basic knowledge and content of sports medicine as it relates to orthopedic surgery and management
• Assist the fellow in the understanding of the multidisciplinary role of sports medicine
• Teach the fellow to prescribe an individual approach to each athlete and patient
• Emphasize injury prevention, conservative and operative management and rehabilitation of common sports-related injuries and chronic conditions

Each fellow completes six-week clinical rotations with the faculty in the Division of Sports Medicine. Fellows rotate with all faculty members, both in general sports medicine and in shoulder surgery.  

A didactic curriculum complements the clinical learning environment. The sports fellows are required to attend the following sports medicine-specific conferences:

• MOON Fellows Scientific Meeting
• Monthly Journal Club
• Weekly Conference - lectures, case presentations, discussions
• Grand Rounds - every three months

A sampling of sports medicine topics includes:

• Troubleshooting in ACL reconstruction
• Glenoid bone loss in TSA
• Meniscal repair
• SLAP injuries/Biceps tenodesis
• PASTA tears
• Shoulder instability (Latarjet vs Bankart)
• FAI
• Massive rotator tears
• Large cartilage defects in the knee
• Reverse TSA

Fellows also attend the following Department of Orthopaedics conferences:

• All Ortho Department Morbidity and Mortality Conferences (1st Friday of every month, 7 a.m., Morehouse Auditorium)
• All Ortho Department visiting professors (as scheduled)
• All Resident conferences when topics are sports (as scheduled)

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