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POSNA sponsored resident

Resident: Dr Jose David Guerra Cosme

From: Panama

Host: William Hennrikus MD, Penn State College of Medicine

All worked very well. Dr Cosme had a fabulous trip. Learned tons. Made new friends. Experienced snow for the first time.’

Dr Cosme’s Schedule at Penn State

Sunday. 18 March 2018: arrived at Penn State

Monday 19 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am Ortho trauma conference
8am Peds Ortho pre op conference
9am-6pm Peds ortho clinic with Dr Hennrikus
6pm-11pm Assisted ‘on call’ with ortho residents

Tues 20 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am. Ortho trauma conference
8am—6pm Operating Room Observed 2 risser casts and 1 PSF with Dr Sorenson

Wed 21 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am. Ortho lecture: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
8am-5pm. Operating room. Observed 2 clubfeet, 6 trigger thumbs, 1 acc navicular, and 1 diskoid meniscus with Dr Hennrikus
5pm. 12 inches of snow—made first snow man and snow angel
6pm-11pm. Assisted ‘on call’ with ortho residents

Thurs 22 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am. Ortho grand rounds: Global Health in Orthopaedics by R5 Dr Mirza
8am—5pm. Operating Room. Observed PSP to pelvis with Dr Armstrong

Fri 23 March
6am. Ortho morning report
7am Resident Round Table—discussion of resident themes and solutions
8am. Operating room. Observed lateral condyle ORIF, calc lengthening, MPFL recon, ankle ORIF with Dr Sorenson

Sat 24 March
7am Ortho morning report
8am Rounds with Dr Hennrikus and residents
10am-5pm Visited Chocolate World and Hershey Museum in Hershey

Sunday 25 March
7am Ortho morning report
8am. Rounds with Dr Hennrikus and residents
10am -5pm Visited Civil War Museum in Harrisburg

Monday 26 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am Ortho trauma conference
8am Peds Ortho pre op conference
9am-6pm Peds ortho clinic with Dr Hennrikus

Tuesday 27 March
6am Ortho morning report
6:30 am Peds Ortho monthly journal club
8am—noon Clubfoot clinic with Dr Hennrikus
1pm-5pm Operating room. Observed CRPP SC fx, spica cast femur fracture, metal out with Dr Fortuna
5pm—11pm Assisted ‘on call’ with ortho residents

Wed 28 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am Foot lecture: Triple arthrodesis: R4 Dr Vaughn
8am -- noon Operating room. Observed bilateral Tib fib osteotomies—Blount’s disease with Dr Hennrikus
1pm—6pm . Peds Ortho Clinic with Dr Armstrong

Thurs 29 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am Ortho Grand Rounds: Total Ankle: Dr Callahan foot fellow
8am-5pm. Peds Ortho Clinic with Dr Hennrikus
6pm—9pm. Pizza night out dinner with Dr Cosme and 10 ortho residents at local pizza restaurant

Friday 30 March
6am Ortho morning report
7am Lecture: Diabetic foot: R4 Dr Arena
8am--noon. Operating room: Observed CRPP SC fx, CR cast BBFF, Nancy Nail femur fracture with Dr Sorenson
1pm—5pm. Peds ortho clinic with Dr Fortuna

Sat 31 March
Airline back to Panama

Budget
Airline: $650
Food: $600
Housing: Free—Jose stayed at the home of Drs Eileen and William Hennrikus
Total: $1250

Future Plans
We brought 30 Penn State student/resident and 5 faculty to Panama in April 2018 for our annual global health mission trip and collaboration with the University of Panama Medical School. We met and worked with Drs Cosme and Mosquera during this follow up trip to Panama.

Via our MOU. ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ that we established between Penn State and the Univ of Panama, we will host additional residents/students from Panama in the future.