Medical Students

Overview

This elective provides a variety of settings to experience and learn about the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Faculty

Tricia Prince, D.O.

Objectives and Goals

• Become familiar with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) as a specialty
• Learn the scope and practice of PM&R
• Understand appropriate situations for referral to PM&R
• Perform a focused medical and functional history and examination, formulate rehabilitation diagnoses and problem list, and construct a comprehensive rehabilitation plan
• Understand the roles of the various disciplines in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team 

Duration

•  2 or 4 weeks

Overview

During the elective, the medical student will spend time on the Lynn Rehabilitation Center (LRC) Neurorehab service. Students will also can become familiar with botulinum toxin injections and participate of Brain Injury Medicine Clinic on the 2^nd and 4^th Thursday of the month. There is an opportunity to get involved in clinical research activities that are ongoing in the division. 

Faculty

Gemayaret Alvarez, M.D.

Objectives and Goals

Students will be exposed to and participate in the care of patients undergoing neurorehabilitation. Students will participate in the inpatient rehabilitation care of persons with any neurologic diagnoses. They will initially attend and later participate in interdisciplinary meetings. Interaction with other rehabilitation disciplines will be promoted. The students are expected to utilize their skills when seeing patients for initial and/or follow-up visits. In addition to the core course objectives, they are expected to learn the following:

• Become familiar with the scope of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). 
• Understand the roles of the various disciplines in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. 
• Understand the different levels of care in which rehabilitation medicine can be utilized. 
• Demonstrate comprehensive neurologic, spine, and peripheral joint examination. 
• Understand the functional ramifications, physical impairments and psychosocial problems faced by patients with neurologic, orthopedic, cardiovascular, malignancy or rheumatologic diseases. 
• Understand the role of PM&R physicians (Physiatrists) in improving quality of life and functional independence, and prevention of complications from disabling diseases. 
• Perform a focused medical and functional history and examination, formulate rehabilitation diagnoses and problem list, and construct a comprehensive rehabilitation plan

Duration

• 2 or 4 Weeks