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Introduction
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) offers a three-year residency training program (PGY2-PGY4) for a total of eleven residents. The program has been accredited since it was established in 1985 and most recently received a four-year accreditation.
General Description
The program provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient training experience for specialty care of head injury, stroke, spinal-cord injury, trauma, amputee, orthopedic/spine, sports and neurologic patients.
Acute inpatient care is provided at the 22-bed Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Rehabilitation Center, the 50-bed Riverside Rehabilitation Institute and the 8-bed Children's Hospital of The Kings' Daughters Rehabilitation Unit.
Outpatient adult and pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is provided at Eastern Virginia Medical School, the Hampton Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sentara clinics and the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters clinics.
Electrodiagnostics is taught at all locations. Outpatient training for pain management includes invasive and noninvasive techniques such as epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac injections, trigger point injections and peripheral joint injections.
Curriculum
Clinical curriculum rotations are scheduled in two-month blocks.
Our clinical curriculum is uniquely designed to provide a balanced inpatient and outpatient experience throughout the training program. This facilitates residents' development of specialized interests early on in their training and allows them to enhance their knowledge and skills in all areas throughout their training. The one-on-one teaching with clinical faculty on all rotations combined with the junior and senior residents working together on many rotations allows us to do this very well.
| PGY2 |
6 Months Inpatient
(Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Riverside Rehabilitation Institute) |
Head injury, spinal-cord injury, stroke, orthopedic, trauma, neurologic |
| 6 Months Outpatient |
Acute musculoskeletal injury; acute and chronic pain; outpatient stroke, head injury; spinal-cord injury; amputee; interventional spine; electrodiagnostics |
| PGY3 |
4 Months Pediatric Inpatient
(Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters and associated clinics) |
Cerebral palsy; pediatric oncology; muscular dystrophy; pediatric head injury; spinal cord injury; spina bifida; spasticity management; sickle-cell; stroke patients; electrodiagnostics |
| 4 Months Adult Inpatient |
Consults and electrodiagnostics |
| 4 Months Outpatient and Electrodiagnostics at Hampton VA Medical Center Clinics |
Musculoskeletal, neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation; orthotics and prosthetics; spinal-cord injury; chronic pain management; electrodiagnostics |
| PGY4 |
| 4 Months Inpatient |
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| 4 Months Outpatient and Electrodiagnostics at Hampton VA Medical Center Clinics |
Musculoskeletal, neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation; electrodiagnostics; prosthetics and orthotics |
| 3 Months Outpatient |
Musculoskeletal pain; sports medicine; electrodiagnostics; interventional pain management; day rehabilitation |
| 1 Month Elective |
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Didactic Curriculum
The core didactic courses are taught by faculty on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5 p.m. and for one hour on Friday mornings. The topics covered include:
- amputations and prosthetics
- brain injury
- burn rehabilitation
- business management
- cancer rehabilitation
- cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- geriatrics
- industrial medicine
- joint and connective tissue diseases
- musculoskeletal injuries
- neuromuscular diseases
- pain management
- pediatrics
- spinal cord injury
- sports medicine
An additional two to three hours on Friday mornings are reserved for faculty and resident gatherings for grand rounds, chairman’s rounds, electrodiagnostic case conferences, gait case conferences, basic science presentations, community faculty guest lectures, journal clubs, radiology rounds and other activities.
Research
All residents are required to complete at least one scholarly project for graduation. The program has had at least one resident project presented at the annual Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation National meeting or the Association of Academic Physiatrists meeting each year since 1986.
For more information, contact:
Jean E. Shelton, M.D.
Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
721 Fairfax Avenue, Third floor
Norfolk, Virginia 23507-1927
Antonio Quidgley-Nevares, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Adrian Lucas
Residency Coordinator
(757) 446-5915
Fax: (757) 446-5969
E-Mail:
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