Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology

For almost 25 years, the Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Service of the Ribera Povisa Hospital has been accredited to teach Resident Internal Physicians in this specialty. This fact has posed an organizational challenge that has stimulated the members of the service and all the hospital staff in general, being fully satisfied with our experience so far.

The Ribera Povisa Hospital has more than 350 functioning beds and a good part of its activity focuses on the care of more than 135.000 public health patients assigned to it under an agreement with the Galician Health Service. 

The Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology service at the Ribera Povisa Hospital is made up of 18 assistants and 10 residents. It addresses the entire spectrum of pathologies of the specialty through its six sections: upper limb (shoulder and elbow), hand unit, hip unit, knee unit, spine unit and foot and ankle unit. Each section addresses all pathologies related to its area of ​​interest. We have a high volume of surgical activity (27 operating rooms per week) and about 25 weekly consultations, which guarantees complete training as a specialist during your residency. 

We follow the official program of the Specialty developed by the National Commission of the Specialty of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and verified by the National Council of Medical Specialties, published in the BOE on February 7, 2007 (ORDER SCO/226/2007) .

During the residency, stays in the service are exchanged with external rotations. Thus, during the first year, 5 mandatory rotations lasting one month are carried out and during the second year, 3 months. Starting in the third year, rotations in Children's Orthopedics and Tumors are carried out in reference centers. In the fourth and fifth year, rotation in a national or foreign hospital for three months is facilitated. 

The resident will perform 5 guards a month and will always be accompanied by a physical presence deputy and another localized deputy. Four sessions are held per week with residents: two days of topics of general interest for the specialty and another two days of specific topics carried out by the hand unit and the foot and ankle unit. In addition, a training program is carried out for residents that facilitates the study of all aspects of the specialty. All of these aspects allow the resident to safely take the European exam (Fellow of the European Board of Orthopedics and Tramatology, EBOT Exam) at the end of the residency period.

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