How to get the most out of your orthopaedic fellowship:  thinking about practice-based learning.
Practice-based learning and improvement is an important skill set to develop during an orthopaedic trauma fellowship and is 1 of the 6 core competencies stated by the ACGME. The review of clinic cases is best done using a few simple models to develop a structured approach for studying cases. Three common sense and easy-to-use strategies to improve clinical practice are as follows: performing each case three times, studying the 4 quadrants of patient outcomes, and the application of the Pareto 80/20 rule. These principles help to develop a structured approach for analyzing and thinking about practice-based experiences.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, 701 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. templ015@umn.edu
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