Podiatry Residency Rotations

Current Rotations

St. Elizabeth's podiatry residents complete a number of rotations throughout the hospital and other area hospitals during their program. Below are the current rotations.

First Year

• Podiatric Med/Surg - 29 weeks
• Emergency Medicine - Six weeks
• General Surgery - Three weeks
• Anesthesia - Two weeks
• Medical Imaging - Two weeks
• Internal Medicine - Six weeks
• Behavioral Medicine - Two weeks
• Infectious Disease - Two weeks
• Pathology - One week
• Endocrine - Two weeks

Second Year

• Podiatric Med/Surg - 45 weeks
• Pain Clinic - Two weeks
• Wound Care - Two weeks (also, on case-by-case basis throughout residency)
• Vascular Surgery - Two weeks

Third Year

• Podiatric Med/Surg - 12 months

*Coverage for orthopedic and plastic surgery is on a case-by-case basis throughout residency.

**Pathology is an ongoing rotation for all residents, which convenes quarterly and on a case-by-case basis as needed.

Regional Supervisors

In addition to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, the residents rotate through several other regional healthcare facilities. These include New England Surgicare/New England Baptist Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, South Shore Hospital, Emerson Hospital, and Boston Outpatient Surgical Suites.

Evaluations and CPME Requirements

Residents are required to undergo periodic evaluation, as per the Council on Podiatric Medical Education Guidelines. These evaluations are used not only to evaluate the residents, but also to evaluate and assess the capabilities of meeting the competencies established for these rotations by the instructors/supervisors. The director of the specific rotation and/or their designee provides the evaluation through observation of the resident. Evaluation forms are open to inspection by the individual resident, the director and the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. Residents are recommended to periodically review their evaluations and to appeal or remediate as is necessary. Upon satisfactory completion of all mandatory rotations and demonstrated clinical and surgical competence, the resident is awarded a certificate verifying completion of the training program.

PMSR with RRA Requirements

Case Activities

Podiatric clinic/office - 1000

Podiatric surgery - 300

Trauma - 50 (25 foot/ankle)

Podopediatrics - 25

Biomechanics cases - 75

Comprehensive H&P’s - 50

Procedure Activities

Minimum 400

Digital - 80

First ray - 60

Other soft tissue - 5

Other osseous - 40

Reconstructive rear foot/ankle - 50