Orthopaedic
training in the NUHS Orthopaedics Residency Program will span 6 years of which
the middle 4 years will be the ACGME-I accredited years.
R0 (Foundational Year): This is currently a national
requirement. The incoming resident will require to complete a year of rotations
through Anaesthesia, General Surgery & Emergency Medicine.
R1 to R4: The resident will rotate through the
various subspecialty disciplines. 25% of the time will be in Musculoskeletal
Trauma. R1 & R2 are the junior resident years while R3 & R4 are the
senior resident years. As far as possible, the resident will rotate through
each subspecialty in both junior & senior resident periods. The emphasis
and training goals & objectives have been designed such that there is
progressive learning, training & assumption of graded responsibility. The
advantage in our Program is that all subspecialty training is available
in-house. You will not be required to rotate through other institutions for
continued training. This is critical in minimizing the disruption to other
foundational teaching as well as providing for continued interaction with other
residents and with the faculty. During this period, the resident will receive instruction
in core foundational knowledge as well as training in basic & advanced
motor skills development. To this end, there is a variety of in-house courses
(including cadaveric dissection) as well as exposure to & the privilege of
being taught by world-renowned international surgeons invited under the
auspices of our various named Lectureships (RWH Pho, VK Pillay & N.
Balachandran). The resident, in all rotations, will have experience in treating
patients under supervision in both the outpatient & inpatient settings. He/she
will receive training in surgical skills in the operating theater and will have
assured opportunities to perform surgical procedures commensurate with his/her
level of training and under the supervision & guidance of committed surgeons.
R5 (Pre-Fellowship Year): In this final year, the resident
will now spend 6 months in a sub-specialty of his choice honing his/her skills
in preparation for further training abroad. A further 5 months will be spent in
research. As you would have noticed, this adds up to 11 months. One of the key
objectives of the Program is to produce compassionate doctors and therefore,
our Orthopaedic residents will spend a month in a neighboring and less
well-developed country, working in a rural hospital, performing operations as
well as training their doctors. This is a feature unique to this Program.
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