A CURRICULUM FOR THE IDEAL ORTHOPEDIC RESIDENCY

The Academic Orthopaedic Society met in April 1994 to discuss manpower issues in orthopaedics. The members de, eloped an approach using the Delphi system to define and obtain consensus on the characteristics of the ideal residency, Sh categories of educational attributes were inc luded: General; Clinical Management; Skills and Technical Aspects; Reh abilitation; Basic Science and Research: and Educational Environment. The following year a questionnaire was sent to more than 125 programs in an attempt to have residents and staff anonymously self score their residencies according to the standards defined bg the Delphi panels. The results obtained from the 745 responders from 73 programs validate effectively the characteristics of the ideal program and also show th e variation among the programs.