Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialties Guide: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1. Elective Clerkships Highly Recommended
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
2. Elective Clerkships Recommended
- Cardiology
- Pulmonary
- Rheumatology
- Oncology (can do as Floor Sub-I)
- Anesthesiology/ Pain Management
3. Sub-I Recommended
- ICU: MICU or CCU
- Floor: Gen Med or Oncology
4. Narrative comments
Basic background in internal medicine is essential. Since many of the patients treated have neurosurgical or orthopaedic problems, these two specialties are important to experience.
Specialty Expert: Prem Bajaj, MD (pbajaj@lumc.edu)
1. Elective Clerkships Highly Recommended
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
2. Elective Clerkships Recommended
- Cardiology
- Pulmonary
- Rheumatology
- Oncology (can do as Floor Sub-I)
- Anesthesiology/ Pain Management
3. Sub-I Recommended
- ICU: MICU or CCU
- Floor: Gen Med or Oncology
4. Narrative comments
Basic background in internal medicine is essential. Since many of the patients treated have neurosurgical or orthopaedic problems, these two specialties are important to experience.
Specialty Expert: Prem Bajaj, MD (pbajaj@lumc.edu)