Current Resident Rotations at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
1st Year:
- Podiatric Med/Surg - 29 weeks
- Emergency Medicine - 6 weeks
- General Surgery - 3 weeks
- Anesthesia - 2 weeks
- Medical Imaging - 2 weeks
- Internal Medicine - 6 weeks
- Behavioral Medicine - 2 weeks
- Infectious Disease - 2 weeks
- Pathology - 1 week
- Endocrine - 2 weeks
2nd Year:
- Podiatric Med/Surg - 45 weeks
- Pain Clinic - 2 weeks
- Wound Care - 2 weeks (also, on case-by-case basis throughout residency)
- Vascular Surgery - 2 weeks
3rd 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 health care facilities. These include New England Surgicare/New England Baptist Hospital, Carney Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, South Shore Hospital, Emerson Hospital and Boston Outpatient Surgical Suites.
- Good Samaritan Medical Center - Scott Aronson, DPM
- Emerson Hospital - Greg Catalano, DPM
- New England Baptist/Surgicare - Ken Leavitt, DPM
- Carney Hospital - Mark Lawrence, DPM
- Boston Outpatient Surgical Suites - John Hester, DPM
- South Shore Hospital - Dr. Gary Count, DPM
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