Mandatory clerkship in physical medicine and rehabilitation: effect on medical students' knowledge of physiatry.

Kirshblum, S C; DeLisa, J A; Campagnolo, D I · Arch Phys Med Rehabil · 1998

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

To study the effect of a 2-week clerkship on the perceptions and knowledge of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) among fourth-year medical students. Survey of fourth-year medical students before and after completion of a mandatory clerkship. Knowledge of PM&R by fourth-year medical students is marginal, but a clerkship increases the awareness of the practice of physiatry. Mandatory clerkships can help expose future physicians to the benefits of physiatric services and should be pursued by academic PM&R departments.

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