Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

A survey was conducted to determine the type of clinical and didactic training experience that was provided to resident trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM & R) in the 1987-1988 academic year. Chief residents from 43 (61%) of the 70 PM & R programs accredited by the Accreditation Co…

Of the several roads that lead to practice in the specialty of physical medcine and rehabilitation (PM&R), the most common is from a US medical school to a PM&R residency to specialty practice. To reduce the predicted shortage of PM&R physicians, more medical students must be attracted to the specia…

The Council on Rehabilitative Rheumatology of the American Rheumatism Association, through the education Subcommittee, surveyed directors of 69 approved rehabilitation medicine residency training programs to assess the nature of training in rehabilitative-rheumatology and whether the directors belie…

The number of aged persons in the United States is rising steadily. Rehabilitation medicine is becoming increasingly involved in providing the care necessary to keep aging individuals in good health so that the onset of late life disability can be delayed and social independence be maintained for as…

To help determine the educational needs of both students and practitioners, an inventory of musculoskeletal and neurologic disorders was made of eight rural family practices for one year. Data on 54,043 patients representing 152,482 visits was put into an automated information system at the time car…

One hundred thirteen medical schools which offered full degree programs, were identified and surveyed by questionnaires to obtain information which identified the existence, characteristics and involvement of physical medicine or rehabilitation medicine programs. The survey also attempted to identif…

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In 1971, the Department of Physical Medicine at Ohio State University accepted 6 students directly after graduation from medical school into a 3 yr integrated internship residency program. The incoming residents had 6 mth of conventional internship experience in a local community hospital and then 2…

The best methods to use in planning a residency curriculum have been a topic of controversy and of great concern in most rehabilitation training programs. A satisfactory physical medicine and rehabilitation curriculum which can train a resident to be a clinician first and a specialist second cannot …