This course is designed to provide the student with a broad exposure to orthopaedic surgery. Facilities utilized during the course will include the main campus of Greenville Memorial Hospital and the Shriners Hospital for Children, Greenville Hospital. Attention will be given to basic adult and pediatric orthopaedic pathology, including general affections of the musculoskeletal system, arthritis, deformity management, trauma, sports medicine, neoplasms, general spine problems, infection, and metabolic disease. The student will be assigned to a team consisting of orthopaedic residents and faculty members. Completion of medical history and physician examination on assigned patients as well as formulation of a treatment plan will be the responsibility of the student. Participation in the preoperative evaluation, surgical treatment, and postoperative management will be expected. In addition to daily rounds, the student will participate in regularly scheduled orthopaedic conferences and clinics.

The student will be working in the 710-bed Greenville Memorial Hospital, an acute care hospital, and serves as the major tertiary referral center for the Upstate of South Carolina as well as Western North Carolina and Northeastern Georgia. The hospital also serves as the major Level I Trauma Center for this region. You will be exposed to a variety of orthopaedic problems including orthopaedic trauma, athletic and industrial injuries. All orthopaedic conferences held within the training program will be required for the student to attend.

At the conclusion of the course, the student will prepare a 10-20 minute presentation relating to a specific orthopaedic condition or process. This will be presented at a regularly scheduled morning conference. Evaluation will be performed at the end of the rotation by the attending faculty.