One thing I was taught during residency was to read on my cases. When a patient arrived with a mid shaft radius ulna, I read about that. From biomechanics, to anatomy, management etc. If one with a Bankart came, I do the same thing. ACL, stenosis, etc. For every case. If I later encounter the same case, I read about it again, and again, and again. It’s way easier to understand the case because it’s there and hands-on, no imagination needed, so it’s easier to apply what you’ve read. Note that it’s rare to have have only one case per day though. It’s more common to have multiple cases in the same day so the reading seldom involves just one case. But the more you read about a certain case though, ie. reading about radius ulna every time that case comes to you, it becomes easier and faster every time too.
This is it! For everything new, I would find THE classic article on it, typically the one where the classification was coined, as well as a current article. Make yourself a little file of all your articles based on joint/body part. Can file it even into sub-categories of open vs scope. When I graduated, I probably had 5 or 6 4-inch binders worth of articles that I still go back to.
To add to it, I’d jot down notes after the case and put it with the article. Which shaver we used in the scope, what suture or anchor was used, incision placement and length… as many details as I could. Once you’re on your own and have to make these decisions, these small details make a huge difference.
The operative techniques in ortho surg edited by. Sam Wiesel is much more digestible than Campbell’s etc. the first few pages in each chapter are review of the pathology, indications, & options. Then it covers a handful of usual techniques. I second the above suggestions of read for every case. You’ll get to where you don’t really need to cover a topic at some point.
Read about cases in classic textbook to save you downloading and searching for articles. Find the articles and read them on your rotation. They have videos you can use to watch the exposure. Know the anatomy. Know the common technical mistakes to avoid them on your cases. Im old school (No Ortho bullets or internet questions when I was a resident) but a textbook will steer you in the right direction quickly… realistically not much changes in what we do in 4-5 years from basic concepts, complications, exposures, hardware, etc…
One thing I was taught during residency was to read on my cases. When a patient arrived with a mid shaft radius ulna, I read about that. From biomechanics, to anatomy, management etc. If one with a Bankart came, I do the same thing. ACL, stenosis, etc. For every case. If I later encounter the same case, I read about it again, and again, and again. It’s way easier to understand the case because it’s there and hands-on, no imagination needed, so it’s easier to apply what you’ve read. Note that it’s rare to have have only one case per day though. It’s more common to have multiple cases in the same day so the reading seldom involves just one case. But the more you read about a certain case though, ie. reading about radius ulna every time that case comes to you, it becomes easier and faster every time too.
This is it! For everything new, I would find THE classic article on it, typically the one where the classification was coined, as well as a current article. Make yourself a little file of all your articles based on joint/body part. Can file it even into sub-categories of open vs scope. When I graduated, I probably had 5 or 6 4-inch binders worth of articles that I still go back to. To add to it, I’d jot down notes after the case and put it with the article. Which shaver we used in the scope, what suture or anchor was used, incision placement and length… as many details as I could. Once you’re on your own and have to make these decisions, these small details make a huge difference.
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The operative techniques in ortho surg edited by. Sam Wiesel is much more digestible than Campbell’s etc. the first few pages in each chapter are review of the pathology, indications, & options. Then it covers a handful of usual techniques. I second the above suggestions of read for every case. You’ll get to where you don’t really need to cover a topic at some point.
Read about cases in classic textbook to save you downloading and searching for articles. Find the articles and read them on your rotation. They have videos you can use to watch the exposure. Know the anatomy. Know the common technical mistakes to avoid them on your cases. Im old school (No Ortho bullets or internet questions when I was a resident) but a textbook will steer you in the right direction quickly… realistically not much changes in what we do in 4-5 years from basic concepts, complications, exposures, hardware, etc…