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Fellowship News
Fellowship Directors Meeting
Dr. Harner, Fellowship Committee Chair, PowerPoint Presentation from the Fellowship Director's Meeting on Friday, March 7 in San Francisco, CA can now be downloaded, Fellowship Director's Meeting.

Update on Specialty Match
As reported in AOSSMs Sports Medicine Update in September, the AOA, AAOS and ABOS began discussions to resolve the inconsistencies in the fellowship matching process across the entire orthopaedic specialty. On July 24, 2007, representatives from each subspecialty participated in a conference call to discuss a possible matching process for orthopaedics. Each subspecialty was represented as Dr. Peter Stern, president of AOA, outlined the basic goals for a match:

A. Establishment of a Central Orthopaedic Fellowship Clearinghouse
B.One orthopaedic universal match with the following characteristics:
  • One application due date (December, PGY 4 year)
  • Defined interview dates (January 1- March 31 of PGY 4year)
  • One Match Date (end of May/early June of PGY 4 year)
C. Early offers / acceptances are not binding: early acceptance by a resident of a program offer (in violation of policy) may be turned down later and the resident may participate in the universal match.

AOSSM Board of Directors meeting November 2 meeting will discuss AOSSMs support and participation in the ongoing efforts.

Mark Your Calendars

Fellow's Exam
The Fellows Exam has begun! Fellows who have been registered for the exam may begin taking the exam online between Monday, March 17 and Monday, May 5, 2008.

Got a suggestion? Is there something you think other program directors would be interested in? Send suggestions to laura@aossm.org.