WWAMI Clerkships

The goal of the WWAMI program is to make public medical education accessible to residents throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. To advance excellence in medical education, the UW School of Medicine partners not only with the five WWAMI states, but also with faculty, physicians, universities, hospitals, and clinics within these states to help meet physician workforce in the region. The following clerkships are spread throughout the WWAMI region.

General Orthopaedic Clerkship – Jackson, WY (ORTHP 644)

Course Number:	ORTHP 644
Credits:	8
Offered:	4 weeks full-time
Grading Notes:	High Pass/Honors eligible
EValue Status:	Availability pre-entered; searchable in EValue
Prerequisite:	Completion of MEDSCI series and General Surgery clerkship, third- and fourth-year medical students.
Clerkship Coordinator:	Jessica Jin, 206-744-4927, orthomsp@uw.edu
Clerkship site(s):	Jackson, WY: Teton Orthopaedics and St. Johns Medical Center
Permission Required:	No
Surgical Selective:	Yes
Goals and Objectives:	Improved orthopaedic clinical exam to include trauma Improved applied orthopaedic anatomy Improved understanding and application of orthopaedic knowledge to include trauma assessment, clinical encounters, and appropriate surgical indications
Faculty:	David Khoury, MD Assistant Professor Specialties: Shoulder and Knee, Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Trauma and Fracture Care

General Orthopaedic Clerkship – Billings, MT (ORTHP 650)

Course Number:	ORTHP 650
Credits:	8
Offered:	4 weeks full-time
Grading Notes:	High Pass/Honors eligible
EValue Status:	Availability pre-entered; searchable in EValue
Prerequisite:	Completion of MEDSCI series and General Surgery clerkship, third- and fourth-year medical students.
Clerkship Coordinator:	Jessica Jin, 206-744-4927, orthomsp@uw.edu
Clerkship site(s):	Billings, MT: Ortho Montana
Permission Required:	No
Surgical Selective:	Yes
Goals and Objectives:	Develop a thorough orthopaedic examination. Develop a better understanding of basic orthopaedic disorders. Develop skills to place injections in the orthopaedic office setting. Learn to scrub in and assist with orthopaedic procedures to include wound closure skills. Learn orthopedic trauma management to include reduction of joints and fractures with splint placement. Develop ability to review orthopedic imaging to include x-rays, CTs, and MRIs.
Faculty:	Steven J. Klepps, MD Clinical Instructor Specialties: Shoulder and Elbow, Sports Medicine

Pediatric Orthopaedics – Spokane, WA (ORTHP 668)

Course Number:	ORTHP 668
Credits:	8
Offered:	4 weeks full-time
Grading Notes:	High Pass/Honors eligible
EValue Status:	Availability pre-entered; searchable in EValue
Prerequisite:	Enrolled and in good standing with UWSOM. Completion of MEDSCI series and General Surgery clerkship, third- and fourth-year medical students.
Clerkship Coordinator:	Jessica Jin, 206-744-4927, orthomsp@uw.edu
Clerkship site(s):	Spokane, WA: Shriner's Hospital for Children
Permission Required:	Yes
Surgical Selective:	Yes
Goals and Objectives:	Identify and describe normal musculoskeletal variations of childhood developmental milestones torsion flexible flatfoot bow-legs and knock-knees Identify and describe the general musculoskeletal diseases of childhood: Bone and joint infections Hip diseases Spine deformity Foot deformity Limb deficiency and limb length inequality Sports injury in the immature athlete Musculoskeletal trauma Casting and splinting Make a reasonable and appropriate differential diagnosis. Know the pertinent diagnostic categories and the likelihood of each. Demonstrate the ability to perform a focused history and physical examination emphasizing evaluation of the spine and extremities in the pediatric and adolescent patient. Choose the appropriate imaging studies of different conditions Provide the standard of care in the community. Know what can be treated and what should be referred. Identify conditions that warrant referral to the relevant specialty. Ask for assistance when necessary and warranted.
Faculty:	Will be updated soon.

General Orthopaedic Clerkship – Spokane, WA (ORTHP 669)

Course Number:	ORTHP 669
Credits:	8
Offered:	4 weeks full-time
Grading Notes:	High Pass/Honors eligible
EValue Status:	Availability pre-entered; searchable in EValue
Prerequisite:	Completion of MEDSCI series and General Surgery clerkship, third- and fourth-year medical students.
Clerkship Coordinator:	Jessica Jin, 206-744-4927, orthomsp@uw.edu
Clerkship site(s):	Spokane, WA: Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic
Permission Required:	No
Surgical Selective:	Yes
Goals and Objectives:	Introduction to a specialized hip/knee replacement orthopaedic surgical practice. Introduction to private practice medicine. Introduction to high quality clinical research in the field of orthopaedic hip/knee reconstruction.
Faculty:	David F. Scott, MD Clinical Instructor Specialties: Hip and Knee, Arthritis

Lower Extremity/Foot and Ankle – Boise, ID (ORTHP 686)

Course Number:	ORTHP 686
Credits:	8
Offered:	4 weeks full-time
Grading Notes:	High Pass/Honors eligible
EValue Status:	Availability pre-entered; searchable in EValue
Prerequisite:	Completion of MEDSCI series and General Surgery clerkship, third- and fourth-year medical students.
Clerkship Coordinator:	Jessica Jin, 206-744-4927, orthomsp@uw.edu
Clerkship site(s):	Boise, ID: St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Permission Required:	No
Surgical Selective:	Yes
Goals and Objectives:	Learn the basics of a thorough foot and ankle orthopaedic clinical examination. Understand the basic principles of sterile operative technique. Participate in Food and Ankle orthopaedic surgery. Learn how to take care of orthopaedic patients in the hospital wards.
Faculty:	Christopher Hirose, MD Assistant Professor Specialties: Foot and Ankle