Program Overview
Hamad General Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Residency is a highly competitive, excellence-driven program where residents progressively develop efficient, comprehensive diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills over five years of training. From the very first week, residents begin to understand and correlate orthopedic diseases and treatments—clinically, radiologically, pathologically, biomechanically, and through both surgical and nonsurgical approaches. The program emphasizes a deep understanding of the musculoskeletal system and the role of pathologic processes in disease development and management. Residents are actively involved in the pre- and post-operative care of orthopedic patients from early on, with operative experience appropriate to their level of training. Daily orthopedic clinics offer residents the opportunity to manage a variety of patient complaints under the supervision of experienced attending physicians, fostering both independence and clinical competence.
Our faculty at Hamad General Hospital provide comprehensive training across general and subspecialty orthopedic procedures, ensuring a rich and well-rounded experience. Residents also rotate through affiliated institutions to broaden their exposure to orthopedic trauma, foot and ankle surgery, pediatric orthopedics, adult reconstruction, sports medicine, musculoskeletal oncology, and spine surgery. Interdisciplinary learning is further enhanced through collaboration with other residency programs at HMC, preparing residents for integrated, high-quality patient care in real-world practice. We are proud of the high quality of residents who graduate from our program and will work hard to continue our tradition of excellence in the future.
Goals and Objectives
To provide an Orthopedic residency program dedicated to the highest quality care of patients with an appropriate program of scientific research and teaching. Our primary goal is the highest quality care for Orthopedic patients and the total commitment to returning people to functional lives. Through investigation, treatment and rehabilitation we hope to restore function and form.
The program goals and objectives are structured to follow the ACGME-I core competencies. Resident evaluation is based on assessment in the core competencies. Below is a brief description of the six core competencies.
1.
Patient Care
Goals: Orthopedic residents will develop patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of Orthopedic patients.
Objectives:
- Communicate effectively and demonstrate caring and respectful behaviors when interacting with patients and their families regarding general Orthopedics, trauma, and medical issues.
2. Medical Knowledge
Goals: Orthopedic residents will demonstrate in-depth medical knowledge about established & evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognitive sciences, as well as the application of this knowledge to patient care.
Objectives:
- Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations, as measured through assessments made by faculty and on Orthopedic in Training Examination performance.
3. Practice‐Based Learning and Improvement
Goals: Orthopedic residents will incorporate practice-based learning and improvement that involves the investigation and evaluation of care for their patients, the appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence and improvements in patient care.
Objectives:
- Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using systematic methodolog.
4. Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Goals: Orthopedic residents will demonstrate interpersonal communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Objectives:
- Create and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients.
5. Professionalism
Goals: Orthopedic residents will demonstrate professionalism, as manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to patients of diverse backgrounds.
Objectives:
- Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the general medical and Orthopedic needs of patients and society that supersedes self-interest; accountability to patients, society and the profession; and a commitment to excellence and ongoing professional development.
6. Systems‐Based Practice
Goals: Orthopedic residents will assimilate systems-based practice, as manifested by actions that demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.
Objectives:
- Understand how their patient care and other professional practices affect other healthcare professionals, the healthcare organization, society at large and how these elements of the system affect their own practice.
Clinical Training and Key Rotations
By the end of the Orthopedic residency training program, the resident will demonstrate the medical knowledge and patient care skills necessary to function as an Orthopedic surgeon. The residents will demonstrate understanding of how to work effectively in various health care delivery settings and will demonstrate self-improvement through feedback of their performance from the attending faculty. While developing competence in all six competency areas defined by the ACGME-I is paramount to residency education, residents also need clear descriptions of goals and objectives for each of the major Orthopedic rotations that they complete during their five years of training.
- The first year (PGY1) of the education program provides residents with experience in all the key patient care areas, including the Operating Room, Emergency Department and Trauma Intensive Care Units. Residents gain experience in the management of patients in Trauma and TICU. They undertake rotations in general surgery, vascular surgery and rehabilitation. They also gain a background in Rheumatology and Orthopedic Trauma and General Orthopedics. Residents completing this year are skilled in the care of both Adult and Pediatric patients with serious illnesses and multi-system trauma.
- The PGY2 and PGY3 years introduce residents to all aspects of general Orthopedics and trauma care at a basic level. During the year of PGY2, residents spend four blocks in Orthopedic trauma and general Orthopedic rotations at Hamad General Hospital. This experience allows them to develop the skills required for triage, splinting of fractures, hemostasis and operative fixation as well as a clear understanding of the indications for surgical treatment of Orthopedic traumas-related conditions. The three and half blocks of Pediatric Orthopedics (PGY2), three and half blocks in adult reconstruction, five blocks of Orthopedic trauma and general Orthopedics (PGY 3), three blocks in Spine surgery (PGY3) and four blocks in sports medicine and Arthroscopy (PGY3) rotations also serve as the initial introductions to these subspecialty areas. During the PGY2 and PGY3 years educational experience broadens the residents’ understanding of disease processes, their management and further development of their surgical skills.
- During the PGY4 and PGY5 years the residents gain experience with graduated responsibility in the operating room and outpatient clinics. These years provide focused, more senior level experience in subspecialty areas including Pediatric Orthopedics, adult reconstruction, hand surgery, Spine surgery, foot/ankle surgery, MSK oncology, sports medicine and Arthroscopy and Orthopedic trauma and general Orthopedics.
These rotations also allow the development of specialist skills and help foster interests in areas for possible future study or fellowship education.
Balancing this clinical experience is a comprehensive didactic conference schedule that covers all subspecialty areas. Included are lectures, grand rounds, multidisciplinary MSK oncology meetings, morbidity and mortality conferences and Journal Clubs that encompass both general and subspecialty areas of Orthopedics. Both basic science and clinical topics are covered in the educational conference schedule.
Contact Information
Program Director:
Dr Faisal Al-Shammari
Associate Program Director(s):
Dr. Hasan Azzam Abu Hejleh, Dr. Shamsi Abdul Hameed and Dr. Jasim Alsaei
Program Coordinator:
Ms. Tamam Khan
Program Email:
Tkhan5@hamad.qa
