House Officer Facilities

Research Labs - The Orthopaedic Research Labs provide an extensive array of opportunities for medical students, residents, fellows and clinicians to participate in research projects in many areas of Orthopaedics.

Library - Rhode Island hospital presently maintains an outstanding reference resource in Peters Health Sciences Library. A collection of over 20,000 volumes, augmented annually, and 600 journals in all major specialties, render this library an invaluable on-site asset to the residency program. Audiovisual software and access to MEDLINE and other reference data bases maintained by the National Library of Medicine are available through on-line computer and CD-ROM searches. Computer courses are available through the library for house staff and faculty.

Children's Day Care - Built by the Rhode Island Hospital and Women and Infants' Hospital, this beautiful day care facility can accommodate up to 100 children from the age of six weeks to six years old, and includes a kindergarten. Frequently parents drop in during their lunch hours or work breaks to visit.

Fitness Center - The Fitness Center, staffed by an exercise physiologist and aerobic instructors, is located on the fifth floor of the Gerry House and is open to all Rhode Island Hospital employees and medical staff. The Department of Orthopaedics currently provides each resident with a yearly membership to the Fitness Center, which entitles them to the unlimited use of exercise equipment, including the squash court, free weight area, lockers, and shower facilities.

Gerry House - The Gerry House is reserved for the use of all house officers, medical students and other student interns. Comfortable lounges, television room, and utility kitchens are provided for the on-call physicians.

Resident Library - The Department staff office furnishes the residents with state-of-the-art computers; its own core library; and provides secretarial assistance with academic office work.