Electives - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - General Service

Elective Number: 3705 (arranged)

Rotation Supervisors: Dr. Mary Bryant

Designated Signer: Christine Baer - UVA Musculoskeletal Bldg. Ste 240; 243-5631

Evaluation should be given to: Dr. Bryant

Available: Rotations 1-3 reserved for students with a career interest in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Duration: Maximum 4 weeks, Minimum 2 weeks

Report to: Dr. Bryant

Time to Report: 8:00 am

Place to Report: 2nd floor nurses station, UVA-Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital at Fontaine Research Park

Typical day: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Attendance: Attendance at elective activities is mandatory.

• Anyone who is ill or has a personal or family emergency must contact Student Affairs and the Attending on Service.
• Students are allowed to take off up to 1 day per week to interview between November 1 and February 1.
  • Specific days missed must be approved by the Attending on Service.

Number of students per rotation: 2

Course Description: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is a patient centered, holistic specialty. A team approach is utilized to improve a patient's mobility and function. The rehabilitation team includes physical and occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, case managers and nutritionists.

Students on this rotation will include and introduction to the care of patients with disabilities due to strokes, brain injury, movement disorders and a wide variety of other, primarily neurologic, diagnoses. Students will learn how to prevent and manage complications of illnesses and injuries that can limit function. In addition, the student will observe and learn how to and when it is appropriate to prescribe therapies for their patients. Students will begin to learn how to evaluate a patient's function, what hospital and community resources are available to patient's and caregivers, and learn about the Physiatric approach to patient care. This rotation is an ideal introduction to the field of PM&R both for students interested in PM&R as a career and for those who want to increase their understanding of the field and learn how to help patients with disabilities.

Students are welcome to attend the daily PM&R didactic lecture series, anatomy prosections, and other educational experiences for the PM&R residents. There are no night, weekend or call responsibilities.

Goals:

• To learn strategies to decrease complications of prolonged hospital stays such as joint contractures, pressure sores and deconditioning.

• To understand how speech, physical and occupational therapy can help your patients. Learn how to write a therapy prescription

• To begin to learn to assess inpatients and determine their rehabilitation needs.

• To learn about the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the types of patients and disease processes that physiatrists treat.

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