Fourth Year Medical Student Externship
Fourth year medical students are invited to spend 2-4 weeks working
on the orthopedic services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
and St Peter’s University Hospital. Students spend approximately 70% of the rotation in
the hospital and 30% in the outpatient offices with full-time and volunteer
faculty. Emphasis is placed on physical diagnosis, applied anatomy, and
basic clinical decision making. Students will rotate on the Trauma, Joint Reconstruction, Pediatric, and Sports/Hand services. Daily assignments are made by the chief
resident and strong consideration is given to a student’s particular
interests.
Student responsibilities include attending daily morning rounds and all
conferences. Students will be assigned 1-2 patients at a time to follow
clinically from pre-op to discharge. Active participation in all clinical
and operative procedures is encouraged. Students will have the opportunity
to experience operative orthopedics across a broad sampling of subspecialties.
At the conclusion of the rotation, students will give a 10 minute presentation
on an interesting case or other topic selected by the student. An opportunity
to take night call will be available in order in order to understand resident
on call responsibilities. This opportunity also allows the student to
spend one-on-one time with the on call resident. There are no formal weekend
responsibilities for students on the orthopedic service. In the past,
students performing well during their externship have been given strong
consideration during the residency application process.
Students interested in applying for an externship should contact Bonnie
Didas in the Office of the Registrar at (732)235-4565 or Eleanor Kehoe
in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at (732)235-7869. Students must
be in their 4th year at an accredited medical school.
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