Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialty Elective Guide: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1. Elective Rotations Highly Recommended
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
2. Elective Rotations 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 Advisor: Prem Bajaj, MD (pbajaj@lumc.edu)
1. Elective Rotations Highly Recommended
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
2. Elective Rotations 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 Advisor: Prem Bajaj, MD (pbajaj@lumc.edu)