GrandRapidsMedicalEducation

Curriculum

Click here for the Integrated 6-Year Curriculum

Didactics:

Didactics average three to five hours per week of protected time for high quality educational experiences.

* Weekly basic science covering Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, Grabb & Smith (6th ed); Flaps and Syndromes
* Weekly Faculty Teaching Conference; oral board review format
* Weekly Hand Surgery Conference; chapter review of Trumble Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy and Green's Operative Hand Surgery
* Weekly Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds; follows a 3-year curriculum and includes monthly Morbidity & Mortality review
* Weekly faculty-directed walk rounds (according to faculty schedule)
* Monthly Journal Club graciously hosted in faculty homes or offices; critical appraisal of current plastic surgery literature through an evidence-based medicine approach; includes additional Morbidity & Mortality/Interesting Case review

Click here for the Didactic Conference Schedule.

Research

The Research Department of GRMEP has developed several tools and resources that will help residents and fellows develop ideas into manageable and realistic research projects. We have found that using these resources saves time and energy while avoiding typical pitfalls and dead ends. For example, the research project outline facilitates the translation of a good idea into a research project, provides the bulk of the narrative portion of IRB application, and serves as the guide for implementing the project. Click here to be directed to the Research Section of the GRMEP website.