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Table 2.

MSK clinical curriculum

Specifications of schools with regard to clerkships	Total required MSK clinical exposure	Required standalone rotations: MSK medicine		Required rotations during surgery clerkship
Specifications of schools with regard to clerkships	Total required MSK clinical exposure	Orthopaedics	Other: PM&R, rheumatology, primary care sports medicine	Orthopaedics	Other surgical subspecialty	Other
Schools have, number (%)	20/136 (15%)	8/136 (6%)	8/136 (5%)	6/130 (5%)	17/130 (13%)	10/130 (8%)
Average duration if offered ± SD (weeks)	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	–	–	–

Other required rotation during surgery clerkship = anesthesiology, emergency medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, vascular surgery, urology; MSK = musculoskeletal; PM&R = physical medicine and rehabilitation.