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Education and Guidelines

Fellowship Curriculum: Educational objectives wherein graduating trauma fellows are expected to demonstrate competence.  This curriculum also includes links to resource articles that have been vetted by the EVBQS Committee.

Upcoming OTA Program Director Meeting

Friday, October 17, 2025, in Phoenix, AZ at the OTA Annual Meeting 
7:00 - 8:00 am at the phoenix Convention Center
Room 224AB 

  • A calendar invite will be sent in early May 2025, please reach out to oconnell@ota.org if you do not receive the invite.

Fellowship Match Information

Match Timeline 2025/2026 
Programs should confirm that their program profiles on the OTA website are current.

Any post-Match vacancies are posted on the SF Match Website and should remain there until the vacancies are filled or until such time that a program decides to close that position. 

Program vacancies are posted on the SF Match Website - Programs should manage postings on their own - Program Instructions for Vacancies 

Statement for OTA in favor of in-person interviews. 

Virtual Information Sessions - All previously recorded sessions will remain posted on the OTA website, Prospective Fellows page, unless the program sends a notification that they would like it removed or send in a revised version.

Match overview, Application, Timeline, Open Positions, Rules and FAQ's can be found on the Sf Match Website.  If you have questions that pertain to the Match Website, please email help@sfmatch.org 
 

SF Match Website 

Start a Fellowship Program / Increase Positions

For anyone looking to submit an application to start a new fellowship program or to request an increase in fellow positions at your location, please complete the online application by January 26, 2026. The online application is in the process of being revised and will be available on the website in mid-July 2025. 

The OTA Fellowship Committee reviews these applications annually in February. 

OTA Fellowship Program Application

Case Logs

Program directors and program coordinators have access to their trauma fellow case logs. It is accessed by logging onto the OTA website.  

Fellows participating in an OTA Accredited Fellowship Program will submit a case log to the OTA online case recording database. Fellows will record only cases in which they are primary surgeon or first assistant (actively participate). For multiple procedure cases, the fellow may list each unique procedure separately. The fellowship director will enforce full compliance with completion of this log. Completed case logs will be due July 31st.  Each fellow must log a minimum of 600 cases (CPT Codes) over the academic year from the qualifying trauma case list as noted in the requirements.  

The fellowship committee will review the case logs on an annual basis. The total number of cases and types of cases will be reviewed. In addition to the total number of trauma cases, the core trauma cases will be evaluated and it is expected that all fellows meet the minimums in most if not all categories.

For assistance with case logs, please contact Rachel O'Connell.

Fellowship Program Directory

Search and view Fellowship Program information using the links below.  

Evaluation Templates
Compliance
Program Accreditation Renewals / Timeline - Programs are Reviewed Every Other Year
  • Fellowship committee initial review call – first week of September (after Labor Day holiday)
  • Follow up letter sent to any programs with deficiencies / issues (within 5 days of the call)
  • Allow programs 3 weeks to draft a reply to the committee
  • Review follow up documents at the Fellowship Committee Meeting at OTA Annual Meeting
  • Approval Letters and invoices to go out after Annual Meeting

Documents for review: Case logs, post fellow survey, PD survey, attestation letters 

  • Program Renewal / Attestation forms sent mid-June – Due late July
  • Post Fellow Survey sent mid-June – Due mid-July
  • PD Survey sent mid-June – Due late July (this is only due from programs being reviewed during their cycle)
  • Case Log Reports - OTA to provide 

The information found on the directory is provided to OTA by the fellowship programs. 
 

"The Business of Orthopaedics" Webinar

 'The Business of Orthopaedics' Webinar - Recording January 2019 (CME not awarded for recording)

Target Audience: Current Fellows and Recently Graduated Fellows

Moderator: Yelena Bogdan, MD

Faculty: Michael Suk, MD; J. Tracy Watson, MD; Peter Althausen, MD