Learning Objectives

Presenting Complaints and Disease Entities

Students should try to gain experience with patients with the following presenting complaints or disease entities.  Due to the brief duration of the physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkship, students may not encounter patients with all the following complaints or diseases.  The student should, however, become familiar with the following complaints or diseases through conferences, daily ward rounds, clinics, lectures and reading assignments.

Learning Objectives

General

• describe the role of the physiatrist in the treatment of the disabled patient
• discuss the team oriented interdisciplinary management of the patient
• discuss the role of the rehabilitation nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist in the treatment of the disabled patient
  

Neurogenic Bowel

• discuss the characteristics of various types of neurogenic bowel
• describe the management of neurogenic bowel
  

Neurogenic Bladder

• discuss the characteristics of various types of neurogenic bladder
• describe the management of neurogenic bladder
  

Heterotopic Ossification

• discuss the characteristics of various types of neurogemic bladder
• describe the management of neurogenic bladder 
                              

Autonomic Dysreflexia

• describe the characteristics and management of autonomic dysreflexia
  

Pain

• describe the characteristics and management of dysesthetic pain
• describe the characteristics and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• describe the pain management of an individual with low back pain
  

Spasticity

• describe the characteristics and management of spasticity
  

Amputation

• discuss the inpatient management of a patient with a new amputation
• discuss the outpatient management of a patient with a new amputation
  

Spinal Cord Injury

• discuss the medical complications of spinal cord injury
• describe the classification system of spinal cord injury
• discuss the rehabilitation of an individual with a spinal cord injury
  

Traumatic Brain Injury

• discuss the characteristics of traumatic brain injury
• discuss the rehabilitation of an individual with a traumatic brain injury
  

Cerebrovascular Accidents

• discuss the various types of cerebrovascular accidents
• describe the rehabilitation of an individual after a CVA
  

Trach Management

• identify various parts of a trach
• discuss reasons for placing a trach
• identify different trachs including cuffed, non-cuffed, fenestrated
• discuss reasons for using each trach
• discuss process for advancing trachs