Rehabilitation Medicine

ELEC 658 / PMDN 620

Department
Internal Medicine

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
Yes

Prerequisites
Completion of Phase 1

Goal
Designed to provide the student with the necessary clinical facilities, patient exposure and professional supervision, to learn the basic principles of evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of physical disabilities and pain management. Clinical experience includes the various neuromuscular disabilities such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, demyelinating diseases, brain injury, muscular dystrophies, etc., various arthritides, amputations, automotive and industrial injuries, cerebral palsy, developmental disorders, etc., in adults as well as pediatric and geriatric patients. Emphasis will be given to the comprehensive multisystem approach to the medical management of severe disabilities, to the use of the rehabilitation team in programming physical, psychological, social, and vocational therapeutic objectives, and to learn the basic principles of prescribing physical agents, prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices.

Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the methods and skills used in the total evaluation of physical disabilities and pain management.
  2. Identify the principles of prescribing physical modalities and other rehabilitation procedures in the total management of neuromuscular disabilities.
  3. Participate with other allied rehabilitation professionals in the team management of rehabilitation patients.

Method of Assessment
Standard Clinical 2wk Elective Evaluation - Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Director
Savitha Reddy, M.D.

Course Coordinator
Amanda Franklin
aerwin@uic.edu
309-671-8412

Location
*OSF HealthCare- Illinois Neurological Institute (INI) – 200 E Pennsylvania Ave., Peoria, IL 61603 *OSF Healthcare- Wound Clinic at OSF Center for Health – 8600 N State Rt 91, Peoria, IL 61615 *OSF Divine Mercy Continuing Care Hospital (DMCCH) – 500 W. Romeo B Garrett Ave., Peoria, IL 61605 *OSF HealthCare Center for Health-Pekin – 3422A Court Street, Pekin, IL 61554

Setting
Outpatient
Inpatient

Night Call
No

Laboratory
Yes

Please Specify
E.M.G. Lab

Weekends
No

House Staff
No

Number of Learners per Block
1

Duration
2 weeks

Who is this elective available to
Both M3s and M4s

Blocks Available
All except 8b, 9a, and winter break.