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Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., has created an orthopedic surgery residency for physician assistants. The program is a 12-month residency that provides didactic education as well as clinical and surgical experience. PA residents will receive first assist OR training, first call responsibilities, emergency department responsibility, extensive clinical training, and other responsibilities that a physician assistant will need to practice effectively in orthopedics.
The residency program will provide exposure to all the subspecialities within orthopedics. Applications are being accepted through March 30 and the first residents will begin the program on Sept. 3.
"The residency will give the PA the knowledge and skills to make an immediate impact on their postgraduate practice," said Ashley Grimsley, MHS, PA-C, codirector of the program.
For more information and to download an application for admission to the program, visit http://orthoparesidency.surgery.duke.edu.
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