Medical Student Education

As a student in a Rehabilitation Medicine elective, you will acquire and practice necessary knowledge and skills to understand the assessment and competent management of people with chronic diseases, impairments and disabilities. You will come to recognize the impact that these disorders have on the individual and society, and that the goals of intervention are to optimize function and quality of life for each individual.

Visiting medical students: please see Visiting Student Clerkship Opportunities.

Advanced Patient Care Sub-Internships (APC Sub-I)

Prerequisites: Completion of Patient Care Phase or equivalent
Length: 4 weeks

• REHAB 687 — Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, WA

  Goals and Objectives
  Site: Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, WA
  Course Description: Four-week clerkship at Level-1 Trauma and Comprehensive Stroke Center. Focuses on neuro-rehabilitation and general rehabilitation. Intended for those interested in exploring a career in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or wishing to gain more experience working with patients with disability. Students primarily work on the inpatient rehabilitation unit. Some exposure to outpatient general rehabilitation and neuro-rehabilitation clinics.

• REHAB 688 — VA Puget Sound, Rehab Care Services — Seattle, WA

  Goals and Objectives
  Site: VA Puget Sound, Rehab Care Services — Seattle, WA
  Course Description: Focuses on providing medical and rehabilitative care to inpatients with a variety of diagnoses and functional limitations including, but not limited to, stroke, amputation, multiple sclerosis and motor neuron disease. Structured clinical experience on a general inpatient rehabilitation unit. Opportunities to participate at a variety of outpatient rehabilitation clinics.

• REHAB 689 — VA Puget Sound, Spinal Cord Injury — Seattle, WA

  Goals and Objectives
  Site: VVA Puget Sound, Spinal Cord Injury — Seattle, WA
  Course Description: Introduction to diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of patients with spinal-cord injuries. Interaction with rehabilitation team, psychiatrists, and subspecialists in urology, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery. Performance at subintern level expected.

• REHAB 690 — UW Medical Center, Montlake — Seattle, WA

  Goals and Objectives
  Site: UW Medical Center, Montlake — Seattle, WA
  Course Description: Four-week clerkship on inpatient PM&R management of patients with disabilities and functional impairments due to disorders such as acquired brain injury, CNS disorders, spinal cord injury, and complex medical conditions. Recommended for careers in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, geriatrics, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, rheumatology, and cardiology.

Elective Clerkships

Prerequisites: Completion of Patitent Care Phase or equivalent

• REHAB 684 — Neuroscience Associates — Boise, ID

  Length: 4 weeks
  Goals and Objectives
  Site: Neuroscience Associates, Boise, ID
  Course Description: Students work directly with the physician and as a member of a multidisciplinary rehab team, seeing a variety of patients with musculoskeletal diagnoses. Observe procedures such as EMGs, nerve conduction studies, and a variety of peripheral and central injections. Participate in care of injured workers and their return to work.

• REHAB 685 — Two Week Rotations — Seattle, WA

  Length: 2 weeks
  Goals and Objectives
  Site: Harborview Medical Center or UW Medical Center — Montlake, Seattle, WA Course Description: Structured clinical experience on rehabilitation medicine services. Differences between acute and chronic medicine, identification of disability problems, and therapeutic techniques for removing disability.

• REHAB 686 — Seattle Children’s Hospital — Seattle, WA

  Length: 4 weeks
  Goals and Objectives
  Site: Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
  Course Description: Structured clinical experience on rehabilitation medicine services in pediatric setting. Differences between acute and chronic medicine, identification of disability problems, and therapeutic techniques for removing disability. School planning, family counseling, community support services included. Inpatient, outpatient, and consultation experience. Recommended for students contemplating pediatrics or rehabilitation.

• REHAB 691 — Community Medical Center — Missoula, MT

  Length: 2 or 4 weeks
  Goals and Objectives
  Site: Community Medical Center, Missoula, MT
  Course Description: Two or four week Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) clerkship at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana. Work in inpatient setting for patients in acute rehab, and see patients in outpatient clinic. Two week rotation for students desiring broad overview of PM&R, seeing variety of patients. Four week rotation for students desiring more exposure to neuromuscular anatomy, physical exam, and neuromuscular disorders.

• REHAB 692 — St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute — Spokane, WA

  Length: 4 weeks
  Goals and Objectives
  Site: St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, Spokane, WA
  Course Description: Students will provide medical and rehabilitative care to patients with variety of diagnoses and functional limitations including stroke, amputation, brain injury, motor neuron disease, and spinal cord injury. Rotations July through January are recommended for students seeking PM&R career. February through June rotations recommended for students seeking PM&R exposure.

• REHAB 697 — Away Clerkship

  Goals and Objectives
  Course Description: Special clerkship, externship, or research opportunities at institutions other than the University of Washington located outside the WWAMI region.

• REHAB 699 — Away Clerkship, WWAMI Region

  Goals and Objectives
  Course Description: By special arrangement for qualified students, special clerkships or externships at institutions other than the University of Washington located within the WWAMI region.

Preceptorships

• REHAB 519

  Course Description: Explores the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Students observe a physiatrist one half day each week, and gain understanding of the management of acute injuries, chronic disease, and disabilities. Please contact the Medical Education team at rehabmeded@uw.edu with your timing and any specific PM&R interests to arrange the preceptorship.

Student Interest Group

Clerkship Team

Directors

Ian Logan, MD, and Mindy Loveless, MD

Program Coordinator

Jong Kim

Contact

rehabmeded@uw.edu