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Introduction
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R),
offers a three-year residency training program (PGY2-PGY4) for
a total of ten residents. The program has been accredited since
it was established in 1982 and is
fully accredited.
General Description
The program provides comprehensive
inpatient and outpatient training experience for specialty care
of head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, trauma, amputee, orthopedic/spine,
sports,
and neurologic patients.
Acute inpatient care is provided at
the 36-bed Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Rehabilitation Center, the
70-bed Riverside Rehabilitation Institute, and the 8-bed Children's
Hospital of The Kings' Daughters Rehabilitation Unit.
Outpatient adult and pediatric Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation is provided at Eastern Virginia Medical
School, the Hampton VA Medical Center, Sentara clinics, and the
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters clinics.
Electrodiagnostics is taught at all
locations. Outpatient training for pain management includes invasive
and noninvasive techniques such as epidurals and acupuncture.
Curriculum
Clinical curriculum rotations are scheduled
in two-month blocks.
Our clinical curriculum is uniquely
designed to provide a balanced inpatient and outpatient experience
throughout the training program. This facilitates residents' development
of specialized interests early on in their training and allows
them to enhance their knowledge and skills in all areas throughout
their training. The one-on-one teaching with clinical faculty
on all rotations combined with the junior and senior residents
working together on many rotations allows us to do this very well.
| PGY2 |
| 6 Months Inpatient |
Head injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, orthopedic, trauma, neurologic |
| 6 Months Outpatient |
Acute musculoskeletal injury, acute and chronic pain, outpatient stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, amputee,
spine intervention and electrodiagnostics |
| PGY3 |
| 4 Months
Pediatric Inpatient |
Cerebral palsy, pediatric oncology, muscular dystrophy, pediatric head injury
and spinal cord injury, spina
bifida, spasticity management, sickle-cell stroke patients and electrodiagnostics |
| 4 Months Adult Inpatient |
Consults and electrodiagnostics |
| 4 Months Outpatient and Electrodiagnostics at Hampton VA Medical Center Clinics |
Musculoskeletal,
neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation; orthotics and prosthetic spinal
cord injury; and electrodiagnostics |
| PGY4 |
| 4 Months
Inpatient |
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| 4 Months Outpatient and Electrodiagnostics at Hampton VA Medical Center Clinics |
Musculoskeletal
neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation, electrodiagnostics, prosthetics, and
orthotics |
| 3 Months Outpatient |
Orthopedics clinic,
musculoskeletal pain, sports medicine, electrodiagnostics, interventional
pain management, and day rehabilitation |
| 1 Month Elective |
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Didactic Curriculum
The core didactic courses are taught by faculty in two one-hour sessions per week. The courses covered include:
- amputations and prosthetics
- brain injury
- burn rehabilitation
- business management
- cancer rehabilitation
- cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- geriatrics
- industrial medicine
- joint and connective tissue diseases
- musculoskeletal injuries
- neuromuscular diseases
- pain management
- pediatrics
- spinal cord injury
- sports medicine
Three hours on Friday mornings are reserved for faculty and resident gatherings for grand rounds, chairman rounds, electrodiagnostic case conferences, gait case conferences, basic science presentations, community faculty guest lectures, and radiology rounds.
Research
All residents are required to complete at least one scholarly project for graduation. The program has had at least one resident project presented at the Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation National meeting each year since 1985.
For more information, contact:
Jean E. Shelton, M.D.
Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
825 Fairfax Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23507-1927
Antonio Quidgley-Nevares, M.D.
Assistant
Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Adrian Lucas
Residency Coordinator
(757) 446-5915
Fax: (757) 446-5969
E-Mail: lucasaa@evms.edu
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