Curriculum - Podiatry Residency

Residents enjoy a variety of comprehensive rotations each year of training. Educational opportunities include journal club, lectures, grand rounds, surgery lab, dissection lab, conferences, and participation in multiple fellowships. Residents perform research in the Franciscan Foot and Ankle Institute Research Laboratory, and are required to give scientific presentations at regional meetings.

First year rotations

Anesthesiology
Diagnostic Imaging
General Surgery
Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease
Pathology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery
Podiatric Medicine
Emergency Services department

Second year rotations

Dermatology: Mini-fellowship Bako
Orthopedics
Podiatric Medicine
Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Wound care
Biomechanics
Infectious Disease

Third year rotations

Jurisprudence
Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery
Sports Medicine

Externships

The chief residents will set the surgical schedule each week and assign cases for the externships to shadow one of the residents each day and scrub into or observe surgeries as allowable.

For more information, please contact Nanami Montague-Afifi or call 253-944-4177.