Revisiting Differences in Fourth-Year Orthopaedic Away Rotation Opportunities and Fees Among Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Students.

Introduction: Fourth-year away rotations are an important modifiable variable proven to increase students' opportunities to match into orthopaedic surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in away rotation eligibility requirements and cost of rotation between allopathic and osteopathic students during the 2023 application cycle. Eligibility requirements and fees were then compared with the 2021 application cycle.

Osteopathic Students Have Decreased Match Rates in Orthopaedic Surgery Compared with Allopathic Students.

Introduction: Orthopaedic surgery continues to be one of the most competitive specialties to match into as a medical student, particularly for osteopathic medical students. Therefore, in this study, we sought to examine the prevalence of osteopathic students (DO) matching into orthopaedic surgery at traditional Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited programs (former allopathic residency programs) in recent years.

Methods: A retrospective review of National Residency Match Program annual reports and Association of American Medical Colleges's Electronic Residency Application Service Statistic reports were performed to determine the number of applications and match rates among osteopathic (DO) and allopathic (MD) medical students into orthopaedic surgery from 2019 to 2023.

The Impact of Patient Education on Inpatient Fall Risk: A Review.

» Patient falls in the hospital are one of the leading sentinel events identified by the Joint Commission.» Hospital falls affect orthopaedic patients of older age at higher rates, and up to 34% of falls lead to injury such as fractures.» Patients often misperceive their fall risk, and modalities aimed at educating patients to address the incongruence between perceived and actual fall risk significantly reduce fall rate and injurious fall rate.

Chilaiditi Syndrome Presenting as Partial Colonic Obstruction.

Chilaiditi sign is a rare incidental radiographic finding where bowel is interposed between the diaphragm and the liver, often seen as air under the right hemidiaphragm. A majority of patients with Chilaiditi sign are asymptomatic and remain so throughout their lifetime. Chilaiditi sign is recategorized as Chilaiditi syndrome if it becomes symptomatic and is a very rare etiology of bowel obstruction.