Course Catalog

 
91-986 ORTHOPEDICS
Department ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Elective Facility DCH Regional Medical Center
Course Director ANDREW HARRELL, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact KRISTA TRIMM Enrollment Minimum 1
Email Ktrimm@ua.edu Address University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone (205) 348-9856 Fax (205) 348-4429
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The goals of this course are to give the student experience in and exposure to emergency room trauma, orthopedic surgical procedures and inpatient care, office orthopedics, and young adult and sports injuries in a college setting. In addition to specific parallel reading in a basic orthopedic text, the course will include: (1) recognition of orthopedic situations by adequate specific history, physical examination, and x-ray evaluation, (2) treatment of outpatient (office and E.D.) orthopedics: contusions, sprains, strains, dislocations, simple fractures, bursitis, tendonitis, back problems, and foot problems, (3) history and physicals and follow-up of hospital patients, (4) application of slings, splints, strappings, tapings, and casts, (5) techniques in use of injections and aspirations of muscles, tendons, bursae, and joints in therapy, and (6) pharmaco-therapy.
Where To Report Email course contact at least 4 weeks prior Prior to start date for when and where to report.
Requirements Emergency room trauma
Exposure to orthopedic surgical procedures and inpatient care
Office orthopedics
Exposure to Cripple Childrens' Clinic
Young adult and sports injuries in a college setting
To outline specific parallel reading in basic orthopedic text
Recognition of orthopedic situations by adequate specific history, physical examination and x ray evaluation.
Treatment of ontusions, sprains, strains,dislocations, simple fractures, bursitis, tenonits, back problems and foot problems.
History and physicals and follow up of hospital patients.
Become knowledgeable in application of slings, splints, strappings, tapings, and casts.
Techniques in use of injections and aspirations of muscles, tendons, bursae, and joints in therapy.
Evaluation Evaluation Methods: Pass/Fail
Students will be evaluated on attendance, completion of assigned reading and participation in patient interactions and group discussions.
Notes Tuscaloosa students only.