For the orthopedic experts

[DocE]

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I have few questions for you who have experience with Ortho.
1. How much time does an orthopedist spend in the OR vs. clinic?
2. What kinds of things are done in clinic?
3. Is there an option to have more clinic or OR time if desired?
4. If an orthopedist develops a tremor or just is not able to operate, what are the options, other than doing different residency?

I appreciate any advice..

 

[Tired]

1. How much time does an orthopedist spend in the OR vs. clinic?

Varies by practice

2. What kinds of things are done in clinic?

Evaluation & treatment of orthopaedic problems

3. Is there an option to have more clinic or OR time if desired?

Yes.

4. If an orthopedist develops a tremor or just is not able to operate, what are the options, other than doing different residency?

Find a different career.

 

[sestamibi]

4. If an orthopedist develops a tremor or just is not able to operate, what are the options, other than doing different residency?

On Law and Order, there was an orthopedist who had to give up his career and he opted to provide lethal injections to prisoners on death row.

But then he messed up an injection and left one guy a vegetable. The guy was a murderer and the victim's father was angered at the newfound pity the vegetable/murderer was getting and harassed the orthopedic surgeon.

He went so far as to stalk the orthopedic surgeon at an orthopedic conference. That night, the orthopedic surgeon switched rooms with another orthopedic surgeon. The original orthopedic surgeon got away scott free. The newly switched orthopedic surgeon called for a hooker and got murdered while with the hooker by the victim's father.

Yeah.

True story.

Dun-dun.

I'm sorry, what was the question again?

 

[Bubblehead-to-MD]

sestamibi wins the award for most entertaining today 👍

(I was rolling on the floor laughing my ***** off (is that ROFLMAO?) after this most recent post)

 

[coastal]

Highly variable. Clinic/OR time depends on the set-up wherever you are and what you do. If you're a spine surgeon you'll need to see alot more patients in clinic to find good operative candidates. Similar for paeds ortho. In contrast, arthroplasty guys have fairly high yield in terms of operative candidates from their clinics, so they can do less clinic and operate more. Then it's just a matter of getting OR time.

When I'm out far far in the future, I'd shoot for 2 days clinic, 2 days OR and one day to chill.

If you developed a tremor you could run clinics for other orthopods. There's an old semi-retired guy at my institution who is still doing clinic in his mid-70's.

 

[bananamed]

On Law and Order, there was an orthopedist who had to give up his career and he opted to provide lethal injections to prisoners on death row.

But then he messed up an injection and left one guy a vegetable. The guy was a murderer and the victim's father was angered at the newfound pity the vegetable/murderer was getting and harassed the orthopedic surgeon.

He went so far as to stalk the orthopedic surgeon at an orthopedic conference. That night, the orthopedic surgeon switched rooms with another orthopedic surgeon. The original orthopedic surgeon got away scott free. The newly switched orthopedic surgeon called for a hooker and got murdered while with the hooker by the victim's father.

Yeah.

True story.

Dun-dun.

I'm sorry, what was the question again?

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

True story.

Dun-dun.

I'm sorry, what was the question again?

But was it "Torn from the headlines"?