Orlando Regional Healthcare is one of Florida's largest private, not-for-profit hospitals. It is recognized for its center of excellence in cardiology, cancer treatment, women and children's care, trauma care, and rehabilitation services. The orthopaedic program has recently been recognized by HCIA as one of the top 20 teaching services in the country for knee replacement surgery and bone fracture repair. Orlando Regional has the only Level I trauma center and is the main teaching facility in Central Florida.

Our 1,508 licensed bed healthcare network is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors, certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and affiliated with the national network of Voluntary Hospitals of America.
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The Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
As a member of the Orthopaedic Surgical Residency Program, you will be part of a team that is dedicated to meeting the challenges of one of the fastest growing areas in the community.

We offer a wide variety of residency programs and maintain teaching affiliations in many specialty areas. The fully accredited residency programs include general surgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pathology. Our programs have been created to enhance relations and communications within the medical center for your benefit. As an orthopaedic resident, you will discover that these programs help promote the Orlando Regional Healthcare philosophy that our people are the most important part of our organization.

The Training Program
PGY-I - Consists of a rotational internship. It grants exposure to services helpful in preparing for orthopaedic surgery. Rotations include two-to three-month blocks in general surgical trauma, emergency room, anesthesia and medicine, as well as orthopaedic surgical services.

PGY-II - Residents are actively involved in the orthopaedic trauma service. They also have exposure to adult reconstruction and spine services. A research block is available for pursuing clinical or basic science research.

PGY-III - Provides residents with experience in sports medicine, pediatric orthopaedics, hand surgery and general orthopaedics.

PGY-IV - Residents spend six months as the chief resident on the pediatric orthopaedic service. The resident also learns the intricacies of sports medicine as well as adult reconstructive surgery.

PGY-V - The resident is the chief resident on the general orthopaedic service for a six-month block. It is expected that the knowledge gained over the previous four years will be applied in clinical decision making as well as the applied operative technique with staff supervision. The off-service chief resident has administrative responsibility as well as clinical responsibilities. The administrative chief has an opportunity for elective rotations in various areas including foot and ankle, orthopaedic tumor surgery and any areas of interest to the individual resident.

More details: General information

OB-GYN
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology offers a four-year accredited residency program designed to provide extensive experience leading to board certification. Since the program began in 1951, the board passage rates have remained at nearly 100 percent.

Year One
* Two months Obstetrics
* Two months Gynecology
* One month REI
* One month ER
* Two months Clinic
* Two months OB Clinic
* One month OB Float
* One month Night Float

The first year resident is expected to become increasingly proficient in evaluation, diagnosing and caring for individuals with routine symptoms under the direct supervision of senior residents and attending physicians. During their surgical rotation, they will learn basic laparoscopic procedures, hysteroscopy, and cervical conization as well as biopsies.

Year Two
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* One rotation REI
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation Swing Shift
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation OB Surgery
* One rotation Diagnostic Gynecology
* One rotation Ambulatory Care

The second year resident is expected to continue to progress in all previously noted areas. In addition, the resident should begin to develop skills and proper concepts pertaining to abnormal obstetrics. The second year resident can expect to be the primary surgeon on many cesarean sections.

Year Three
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation Oncology
* One rotation Swing Shift
* One rotation Advanced Surgery
* One rotation Diagnostic Gynecology
* One rotation REI

The third-year resident functions as a first and second year resident consultant, is in charge of the labor floor and is increasingly responsible for more difficult patient management under the direct supervision of the chief resident and attending physicians.

Year Four
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* Two rotations Night Float
* Two rotations Oncology
* One rotation Advanced Surgery
* One rotation Urogynecology

By the end of the fourth year, the resident is expected to be able to complete the first part of the board certification process. Fourth-year residents are directly responsible to the supervising attending.

Throughout all four years, the resident is expected to direct primary and preventive health care in the Continuity Center. All of the residents' clinical activities from the delivery room to the operating room to the Continuity Clinic are directly supervised by the faculty. In addition, there is an organized series of courses addressing the business aspects of medicine.

More details: Obstetrics and Gynecology

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