Orthopedic Surgery as a Specialty

Why medical students choose orthopedic surgery as a specialty?

Before the crisis announced the Moroccan surgery, the objectives of this study were to analyze the choice of specialties newly appointed to the internal review and the guidance of medical students and to determine the factors influencing this choice. Data on specialty choice students were analyzed and a questionnaire was offered to students of Morocco at the beginning of academic year 2013-2001...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: It's Future as a Specialty.

The specialty of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) as we know it now is bound to change drastically in our lifetime. The driving forces for this change are varied and multifactorial, some of which are the cost and length of training combined with the prevailing dichotomy in scope of practice between traditional and expanded areas of practice. The formation of sub-specialties within the specia...

Surgical Resident Perceptions of Trauma Surgery as a Specialty

Results: Of 6006 mailed surveys, we had a 20.1% response rate. Midlevel residents comprised most of the respondents, and most were undecided about their career choice or planned to enter general surgical private practice. The typical residency programs represented were academic (81.7%), urban (90.6%), and level I trauma centers (78.7%), and included more than 6 months of trauma experience (77.6...

Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedic surgery.

Orthopedic surgery is a specialty of surgery dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system in all age groups. Careers in orthopedic surgery span the spectrum from general orthopedics to those of subspecialty expertise in orthopedic trauma, hand, pediatrics, total joint, foot and ankle, sports medicine, and oncology to name a few.