DVA - New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Sacramento

If gaining a clerkship at the New Mexico VA, you will be responsible for assisting in surgery, following inpatients with the resident on-call, reading radiographs at radiology rounds, participating in cadaver and fracture reduction workshops, working up patients in clinic to present to both residents and attendings, participating in procedure clinic, and working with other surgical services for overall patient care. Students are required to present on a topic at the end of their clerkship month. A mock interview will also be performed to help the clerk for their upcoming residency interviews.

The NM VA Healthcare System is a designated as PMSR with added credential in RRA and has a "sharing agreement" with Kirtland Air Force base which allows our residents to treat young active adults. The VA surgery schedule is also very busy performing both trauma and elective cases were residents are expected to perform procedures from start to finish. All residents share call responsibility. Podiatry covers all lower extremity trauma from our emergency department. The program is well rounded. We have a very busy clinic and there is a separate Nail Clinic ran by Nail Health Techs. The residents spend a month at UNM Carrie Tingley Children's Hospital for a pediatric orthopedic surgery rotation. In addition, the residents rotate with 25+ community DPM's. Currently, we are transitioning away from a consortium model with Kaiser Sacramento. Residents will stay their entire residency in New Mexico.