Joshua E. Hyman, M.D.
Course Director
Office: PH 11-1124
Phone: Ext. 5-5475
Email: jh736@columbia.edu

Medical students spend a didactic two-week rotation on Orthopedic Surgery. The primary teacher is an attending, with some lectures and demonstrations by the resident staff. Students attend subspecialty conferences, rounds and patient clinics, and participate in some surgical procedures.

At the end of the rotation, the student should be able to:

• Take an orthopedic history and perform an orthopedic physical examination.
• Understand the pathophysiology of the more common orthopedic disorders.
• Identify the basic diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to common musculoskeletal disorders (both medical and surgical).
• Leave with a sense of how an orthopedic service is administered and its relationship to other medical disciplines.