Schwab's Residency Program
"Schwab’s three-year Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) training program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education" |
Lectures are held on Monday afternoons from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Didactic Topics
Introduction to Rehabilitation
Research
Stroke
Electrodiagnosis
Joint/ Connective Tissue Disease
Geriatrics
Pain
Pediatrics
Traumatic Brain Injury
Musculoskeletal
Neuromuscular
Ethics
Medical Rehabilitation (Cardiac, Pulmonary, Cancer, Transplant, HIV, Burn)
Spinal Cord Injury
Prosthetics and Orthotics
In addition to these core topics, the curriculum includes:
Anatomy
During the fall, the residents spend additional didactic time focusing on neuromusculoskeletal anatomy. Residents volunteer to learn about the anatomical region of their choice and subsequently teach their fellow residents. PGY-2 residents give a brief oral presentation in the classroom, PGY-3 residents perform the dissection in the lab at the University of Chicago and demonstrate their findings, and PGY-4 residents provide clinical correlations. Attending physicians supervise these sessions.
Grand Rounds
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month
Journal Club
Morning Report
This is a 30 minute interactive lecture given by an attending physician to the PGY2 residents every morning prior to inpatient rounds.
Mondays: Dr. Ray Lee/ Dr. Ed Park
Tuesdays: Dr. Michelle Gittler/ Dr. Patricia Hantsch
Wednesdays: Dr. Gayle Spill/ Grand Rounds/ Dr. Lisa Thornton
Thursdays: Dr. Gioia Herring/ Dr. Theresa Lie-Nemeth
Fridays: Dr. Deepthi Saxena/ Dr. Josette Trevil
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