The Second Annual Orthopedic Surgery Research Symposium for Medical Students successful Michigan hosted by OUWB students
Avianna Arapovic, M2, presents astatine the 2nd Annual Orthopedic Surgery Research Symposium for Medical Students successful Michigan that was held Dec. 8.
Medical students from crossed Michigan precocious gathered astatine a probe symposium hosted by a radical of aboriginal physicians from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, wherever presentations and invaluable details astir securing residencies successful this specialty were highlighted.
The 2nd Annual Orthopedic Surgery Research Symposium for Medical Students successful Michigan was held Dec. 8, astatine Red Ox Tavern successful Auburn Hills.
Attendees were students from OUWB, Wayne State University School of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, and Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D., School of Medicine.
There were 8 podium presentations — including 3 from OUWB students — and 36 posters.
Several Corewell Health physicians besides attended and served arsenic judges for the podium presentations and posters. The experts besides offered penetration into what it takes to successfully onshore an ortho residency.
“At its core, the symposium represents what world medicine is each astir — research,” said Maddie DeClercq, M3, 1 of the organizers. “Also, it’s astir bringing each of these aesculapian students unneurotic to web and person feedback successful a mode that is ace important.”
“It provides a glimpse of what our aboriginal looks like,” she added.
Valuable insights from a programme director
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| Drew Moore, M.D., programme manager of the orthopedic country residency program, Corewell Health, offered up however aesculapian students successfully lucifer into his program. |
Drew Moore, M.D., adjunct professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and programme manager of the orthopedic country residency program, Corewell Health, offered up however aesculapian students successfully lucifer into his program.
He besides talked astir the competitiveness of the field: currently, determination are much than 1,000 aesculapian students who use to 210 programs crossed the country, and lone 875 spots. Moore called it a “high non-match rate” specialty.
For his programme alone, Moore said much than 600 applications are received annually, and lone six spots are offered.
The 600 are chopped successful fractional utilizing baseline criteria: graduating from a U.S. program; having “some benignant of probe involvement;” and Step 2 exam scores “around 240 to 245.”
The astir 300 remaining applications are work “front to back” and narrowed down to astir 60.
Applications from the strongest candidates typically person 3 to 4 letters of recommendation, helium said, including astatine slightest 1 from a programme manager oregon chair.
“What means astir to maine is simply a missive from idiosyncratic that I cognize and idiosyncratic that I spot who says that this idiosyncratic is truly bully and that they privation them successful their program,” said Moore.
Quality probe besides plays into the equation, helium said.
“Research tin instrumentality an exertion from marginal and elevate it to the ‘good’ category,” helium said.
Moore besides emphasized the value of a beardown idiosyncratic statement.
“Almost each (personal statements) are the same…’I had a meniscus wounded erstwhile I played shot successful precocious school…my ma broke her hip…I similar to enactment with my hands…I similar sports,’” helium said. “If there’s thing that’s peculiarly unsocial to you, enactment it successful there…just don’t beryllium weird, oregon effort to beryllium excessively originative due to the fact that sometimes that tin backfire.”
When it comes to what Moore called “ideal traits” helium seeks successful residents, helium identified several: initiative; hard-working; bully citizens; pleasance to beryllium around; compassionate; honorable some with others and themselves; and implicit tasks independently.
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| Robert Runner, M.D., Moore, Arapovic, DeClercq, James Bicos, M.D. Runner, Moore, and Bicos served arsenic poster and podium presumption judges. |
Moore besides offered penetration into what aesculapian students tin bash to person occurrence connected ortho rotations.
He urged students to beryllium “sharks, not sponges,” and to look for enactment successful ways that are adjuvant and marque residents lives easier. He besides urged students to effort and enactment harder than the residents, and to ne'er complain.
“If you can’t marque it a period without complaining oregon demonstrating laziness, you won’t marque it 5 years,” helium said.
Moore besides recommended students “read, read, read…especially for cases and anatomy.”
Jamil Haddad, M3, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, said helium appreciated the accidental to link with experts similar Moore.
“As a third-year aesculapian pupil presently doing objective rotations, the infirmary tin beryllium a precise hard spot to link with different students and module members connected a deeper level,” helium said. “To person this lawsuit that’s unfastened to each aesculapian students is simply a very, precise beneficial opportunity.”
Event is ‘a blessing’
DeClercq said determination were astir 50 students similar Haddad from crossed Michigan who participated successful the event.
All costs, including food, was covered by sponsors of the event: Smith & Nephew Sports Medicine; Vericel Cartilage Restoration; DePuy Synthes Trauma; Miotech DonJoy Bracing; and Zimmer Biomet Joints.
Abdullah Sahyouni, M3, Wayne State University School of Medicine, said helium takes each accidental helium tin to web and larn from others with interests successful the specialty.
“In the past 3 years — mostly owed to COVID — it’s been truly hard to really get a accidental to interact and pass with a batch of radical who are funny successful the aforesaid tract that I would emotion to beryllium portion of, which is orthopedic surgery,” helium said. “It’s been challenging to conscionable person a bully repast and network, whether it’s ortho-related oregon not. I’m truly grateful for this event.”
Zechariah Jean, M3, Wayne State, said he’s passionate astir helping radical who person trouble moving.
“Coming to an lawsuit similar this is simply a blessing due to the fact that I’ll beryllium capable to spot things I’m passionate about,” helium said. “It’s besides a large accidental to link with radical from different schools and physique camaraderie…and network.”
Jean took 2nd spot successful the poster awards class for “Sequential meniscal repair device, a biomechanical survey comparing each wrong repair method with a sequential each wrong repair device.”
First spot was awarded to Devin Mendez, from Wayne State, portion 3rd spot went to Zachary Pearson, from Western Michigan.
First spot for the podium awards went to Katherine McCollum, from Central Michigan; 2nd went to Nikhil Patel, from University of Michigan; and 3rd to OUWB’s Lauren Eberhardt.
For much information, interaction Andrew Dietderich, selling writer, OUWB, astatine adietderich@oakland.edu.
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