Student rotations

Medical Student Rotations

If interested in a student rotation, WSU students contact WSU Student Services. Outside rotators use VSAS.

Survey PM&R Rotation available to year 3 and 4 medical students:

This four-week course is designed as a broad overview of PM&R practice for students interested in residency training in the specialty or closely associated field. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is the medical specialty that emphasizes the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders that may cause temporary or permanent disability and impairment

The rotation will be spent as a member of the inpatient and outpatient physiatry teams, where students will help care for patients in acute rehabilitation, such as stroke, brain injury, and spinal cord injury.

The student will have the opportunity to independently assess patients. These patients will then be reviewed in detail by the attending physician and appropriate examination techniques, diagnostic problem-solving methods, and treatment plans will be discussed with the student.

The didactic series is inclusive of the medical student rotation which provides four hours of resident lectures per week. Lectures are provided by PM&R faculty, outside faculty, and health professionals.

Objectives:

Enable the student to become skilled in functional evaluation and anatomic correlation of pain and motion problems
Gain experience in the care of rehabilitation problems
Gain insight into the diagnosis of acute pain problems
Recognize a conservative treatment model for acute pain problems
To acquire experience in the management of patients with traumatic brain injury
To understand the role of the rehabilitation team in the management of patients with Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke
To gain experience in the neurologic examination of patients with motor and cognitive deficits
To acquire experience in the management of patients with Spinal Cord Injury
To understand the role of the rehabilitation team in the management of Spinal Cord Injury
To gain experience with the neurologic examination of patients with Spinal Cord Injury
Students will also gain exposure to the general musculoskeletal injured patient
Opportunities to work alongside physicians in the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Outpatient Clinic
Comprehensive exposure to the consult service which works closely with physicians to assess patients’ rehabilitation needs