PMR Residency Program

Curriculum and Responsibilities

Rotations & Responsibilities

PGY-1

James A. Haley VA Hospital – All rotations meet the requirements for the medical and osteopathic internship, necessary for ABPMR (American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) certification.

Medicine Wards (4 months)
Neurology (1 month)ER (1 month)
Family Medicine/Ambulatory Care (1 month)
Infectious Diseases (1 month)
Rheumatology (1 month)
Neuroradiology (1 month)
Orthopedic Surgery (1 month)
SCI-B Ventilator Unit (1 month)
Introduction to PM&R Residency (1 month, last month of PGY-1 year)

PGY-2

James A. Haley VA Hospital and Moffitt Cancer Center. Nine (9) months of inpatient rehabilitation at the VA.

General rehabilitation (3 months)
Traumatic brain injury (3 months) – includes outpatient TBI and spasticity clinics.
Spinal cord injury (3 months)
EMG/NCS (1 month)
Musculoskeletal Injection Clinic (1 month)
Palliative Care (1 month) – Moffitt Cancer Center

PGY-3

James A. Haley VA Hospital (JAHVAH), Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) and Tampa General Hospital (TGH).

TGH Inpatient (2 months)
TGH Consults (1 month)
TGH Pediatric rehabilitation (1 month) – Private Practice experience
MCC Neurosurgery (1 month)
MCC Interventional pain (2 months)
JAHVAH TBI (1 month)
JAHVAH EMG/NCS (1 month)
JAHVAH Outpatient Clinics/Consults Rotation (1 month) – includes inpatient consults, amputee, pain, cardiac rehabilitation
JAHVAH Musculoskeletal Injection Clinic (2 months)

PGY-4