Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Rotations
The four-year program is divided annually into 13 4-week blocks with rotations on a variety of adult and pediatric surgical, perioperative, and anesthesia services.
Our residency program trains residents in comprehensive maxillofacial surgery, including:
- dentoalveolar surgery
- management of facial trauma
- reconstructive surgery
- temporomandibular disease
- management of head and neck pathology
- orthognathic surgery
- obstructive sleep apnea
- cleft craniofacial
- office based anesthesia for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients
In addition to required rotations in general surgery, medicine and anesthesia, you will serve on pediatric surgery, surgical intensive care service, otolaryngology and plastic surgery. Additional months are reserved for electives.
During the oral and maxillofacial surgery inpatient experience at the Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, you will gain balanced experience in a wide spectrum of oral and maxillofacial case types, including orthognathic, temporomandibular joint, trauma, reconstructive, cleft palate and pathology cases. At both hospitals, the division of oral and maxillofacial surgery divides coverage time equally with two other surgical services to provide comprehensive maxillofacial trauma management.
At the College of Dentistry clinics, office based general anesthesia for outpatients is provided throughout the week. The trainee will have ample opportunity to learn dentoalveolar surgery and preprosthetic surgery, including comprehensive experience diagnosing, treatment planning, and performing surgery for implant dentistry.
The department also participates in the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Team, operating and seeing weekly clinics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Off-service rotations
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Objectives of assignment
- take a complete and comprehensive medical history
- do physical examinations
- order and interpret laboratory studies
- manage patients with general medical problems
Duties of resident (including on-call responsibilities)
Residents are assigned inpatients that are admitted to the internal medicine service and manage their care under the supervision of the attendings and senior medical residents. The oral and maxillofacial surgery resident participates in the diagnosis and management of the patients, and has the same responsibilities as the medical students and residents of the medicine team.
Length
Two blocks
Location
Grant Medical Center, an affiliated teaching hospital of The Ohio State University
Training received on assignment
Oral and maxillofacial surgery residents devote full time to the medical service and their responsibility for patients is increased by the supervising senior residents and attendings as their level of confidence and skill increases. The residents on assignment attend all meetings and teaching sessions offered to the medical students and residents during the rotation.
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Objectives of assignment
Gain practical experience in patient assessment for general anesthesia and techniques of premedication and administration of intravenous and inhalation anesthesia
Gain knowledge of related physiology and pharmacology
Learn to manage anesthesia related emergencies and medically compromised patients requiring general anesthesia
Duties of resident (including on-call responsibilities)
Residents have daily assignments to the operating room that are identical to those of the anesthesia residents. They participate equally in the anesthesia on-call roster. Residents are responsible for performing preoperative evaluation of every patient they will be treating and for postoperative follow-ups on the patients treated admitted to the hospital after surgery.Length
Five blocks
Location
Four months at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and one additional month at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Training received on assignment
Oral and maxillofacial surgery residents devote full time to the anesthesia service and receive identical training as the anesthesia residents. The residents on assignment attend all meetings and teaching sessions offered to the anesthesia residents during the rotation.
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Objectives of assignment
Gain experience in:
Examination and treatment of patients that require general surgery including special emphasis on the management of the trauma patient
Examination and treatment of patients presenting to the emergency room needing surgical treatment
Comprehensive management of critically ill surgical patients in an intensive care setting
Duties of resident (including on-call responsibilities)
Residents function as junior general surgery residents and manage their assigned patients, as do the other interns, under the supervision of the senior surgery residents and attendings. The assigned residents have the same call responsibilities as the other junior surgical residents.Length
Five blocks
Location
2 blocks acute care surgery, 2 blocks SICU both at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and one additional block with the Pediatric Surgery Service at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Training received on assignment
Oral and maxillofacial surgery residents devote full time to the general surgery service, and their responsibility for patients is increased by the supervising senior residents and attendings as their level of knowledge and skill increases. The residents on assignment attend all meetings and teaching sessions offered to the surgical residents during the rotation.