University of Iowa Medical Students
Please sign into ICON to obtain Orthopedic Clerkship materials.
Visiting Medical Students
Applications for away rotations in the Department of Orthopedics will be accepted beginning on 3/1/2025 through 3/31/2025, with notification of acceptance being 5/1/2025-5/15/2025 to allow for arrangement of housing. Rotation dates for the Fall Semester are as follows:
- 7/7/2025-8/1/2025
- 8/4/2025-8/29/2025
- 9/1/2025-9/26/2025
- 9/29/2025-10/24/2025
The Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation offers fourth-year electives in orthopedic surgery to visiting medical students enrolled in a LCME accredited medical school during the months of July through October. These four-week rotations are approved and competitively arranged by the department.
Students interested should submit the following in one PDF to Tonia Johnston at tonia-johnston@uiowa.edu.
- Name
- Class year
- Phone
- Name of Medical School
- Name of Undergraduate School/Degree
- Letter of Interest
- Current CV
- Medical School Transcripts (official or unofficial)
- USMLE 1 Transcript (official or unofficial)
- Rank Preferred Rotation Dates in Order of Interest:
- 7/7/2025-8/1/2025 (July)
- 8/4/2025-8/29/2025 (August)
- 9/1/2025-9/26/2025 (September)
- 9/29/2025-10/24/2025 (October)
- Rank Preferred Sub-Specialty Team in Order of Interest:
- Orange=Spine, Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic
- Copper=Oncology/Tumor
- Red=Trauma
- Blue=Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction
- Green=Pediatrics
- Pink=Shoulder and Elbow
- Black=Sports Medicine
Following approval from the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, the applicant will need to complete the application process outlined here. Upon completion of these criteria, you will be allowed to formally apply and be approved as a visiting student. (Until this process is complete, the elective as approved first by the Department is not “official”).
If you have questions, please contact Tonia Johnston at tonia-johnston@uiowa.edu.