Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency/Fellowship Programs

Colleges award this field under 4 named programs, from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other.

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Colleges may offer this field under 4 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program: Prepares physicians in the diagnosis, etiology, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of neuromusculo-skeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary and other system disorders common to patients of both sexes and all ages. Covers physical examinations, design and prescription of rehabilitation strategies and the supervision of rehabilitation teams.
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship Program: Prepares physicians to address the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of traumatic spinal cord injury and non-traumatic etiologies of spinal cord dysfunction, including related medical, physical, psychological, and vocational disabilities and complications. Requires prior completion of a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program: Prepares physicians to use an interdisciplinary approach to prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage congenital and childhood-onset physical impairments in children and young adults, including related medical, physical, functional, psychosocial, and vocational limitations or conditions. Requires prior completion of a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other: Physical medicine and rehabilitation not listed above.

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