Faculty and residents will maintain an environment of professionalism including behavior expected of professionals and adherence to ethical principles.
Faculty and residents will encourage an environment of learning and patient care that considers the overall context of health care delivery in the greater societal paradigm.
Residents will work in an environment that emphasizes an appropriate balance between the demands of patient care, the value of hands-on learning, and the potential risk of medical errors. Residents will be expected to work within the guidelines of the 80 hour work week. Residents and faculty will be expected to facilitate an environment that minimizes the potential for medical errors.
Faculty and residents will work within an educational framework that facilitates multiple and frequent modes of evaluation and utilizes the evaluative process in an effort to continually improve the educational and patient care processes.
The curriculum will cover all of the pertinent basic science topics over a two-year period, with all lectures delivered by faculty, residents, and fellows with the appropriate expertise. Lecturer will be members of the Orthopaedic Department faculty, School of Medicine faculty, and invited guests. Basic science principles will be stressed in the clinical curriculum, and specific basic science goals for individual clinical topics will be identified in the syllabus.
The curriculum will cover all areas of clinical orthopaedics over a two-year period. Lecturers will be members of the Orthopaedic Department faculty, residents, fellows, School of Medicine faculty, and invited guests.
An environment of inquiry will be supported through all levels of the training program. The concepts of practice-based learning and improvement, including Evidence Based Medicine, will be taught and emphasized across the spectrum from learning through patient care in an effort to facilitate development of an attitude of perpetual learning.
I chose The University of New Mexico (UNM) because the residents were by far the happiest. It is very much a work hard/play hard program with a great amount of volume and complexity. I really enjoy how close all of the residents are. I feel very fortunate for how enjoyable my days are working with great people. I also really appreciate how awesome the attendings are and how willing they are to allow us to be involved in patient care.
Residency Director
Selina Silva, MD
1 University of New Mexico
MSC10 5600
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Assistant Program Director
Christopher Shultz, MD