TY - JOUR
T1 - The Development of a Novel International Elective in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
AU - Mathews, Amy
AU - Doobay-Persaud, Ashti
AU - Rydberg, Leslie
N1 - Funding Information:
A potential limitation of the proposed global health elective is the availability within resident schedules for electives after they have completed all prerequisite rotations while still fulfilling all program requirements. The difficulty in securing financial sources may also be a limiting factor. The authors’ institution provides opportunities for funding through the global health department grants, but it is possible that many individual residency programs would not be able to provide significant financial support. In this case, residents would need to look for other supplementary sources of funding to cover salary and travel expenses.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Interest in global health is rising in graduate medical education. Trainees are increasingly seeking high-quality, ethically sound, and educationally robust opportunities for global medical rotations (Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2014;128(2):148-51). When based on best educational practices, these opportunities can provide a unique learning experience for residents in traditional physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. This article describes the development of an international rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation including specific competency-based physical medicine and rehabilitation global health learning objectives, predeparture training, rotation structure, and postrotation feedback mechanisms. The aim is to present the development of the program as a resource for both residents and program directors to help create and maximize existing rotations at their own institutions. Learners must complete predeparture requirements that include completion of a musculoskeletal rotation and global health didactics intended to provide foundational knowledge in physiatry and global health. Postrotation requirements include the residency program's standardized evaluation form, resident survey, and self-reflection essay. Experience from a novel 4-wk pilot rotation to Punta Gorda, Belize, is described to exemplify Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-based learning objectives as well as the benefits of a formalized rotation structure. Using this unique set of learning objectives and proposed rotation requirements, the authors believe that physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs can develop valuable global health learning experiences.
AB - Interest in global health is rising in graduate medical education. Trainees are increasingly seeking high-quality, ethically sound, and educationally robust opportunities for global medical rotations (Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2014;128(2):148-51). When based on best educational practices, these opportunities can provide a unique learning experience for residents in traditional physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. This article describes the development of an international rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation including specific competency-based physical medicine and rehabilitation global health learning objectives, predeparture training, rotation structure, and postrotation feedback mechanisms. The aim is to present the development of the program as a resource for both residents and program directors to help create and maximize existing rotations at their own institutions. Learners must complete predeparture requirements that include completion of a musculoskeletal rotation and global health didactics intended to provide foundational knowledge in physiatry and global health. Postrotation requirements include the residency program's standardized evaluation form, resident survey, and self-reflection essay. Experience from a novel 4-wk pilot rotation to Punta Gorda, Belize, is described to exemplify Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-based learning objectives as well as the benefits of a formalized rotation structure. Using this unique set of learning objectives and proposed rotation requirements, the authors believe that physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs can develop valuable global health learning experiences.
KW - Curriculum
KW - Elective
KW - Global Health
KW - Rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001652
DO - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001652
M3 - Article
C2 - 33252470
AN - SCOPUS:85110759629
SN - 0894-9115
VL - 100
SP - 803
EP - 808
JO - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 8
ER -