Orthopedics Shadowing Experience Burlington, Iowa

Day One

The day began at 7:00 am on December 17th in the operating room at Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa. Dr. Jameson was an orthopedic specialist in Burlington at the time, so I was placed with him. The day started off with a complete knee replacement. During this procedure, Dr. Jameson allowed me to hold various instruments that were helping keep the patient's knee open. During the procedure, Dr. Jameson walked me through some of the steps that he was taking and what those steps were accomplishing. After this procedure, I was able to shadow him in another knee replacement directly after. During the surgery, again he walked me through some of the steps he was taking and gave some anatomical explanations. After this, we went to another O.R. and he performed his third consecutive knee replacement. To finish out the day I watched two knee arthroscopic procedures where he was repairing some meniscus tears.