Resident Application Information
The PM&R Residency program at the University of Utah provides a comprehensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. Clinical rotations include one to two month blocks comprising of:
- inpatient wards
- consultations
- outpatient clinics
Download the following links:
- Resident Rotations (PDF)
- Rotation Descriptions (PDF)
- Outstanding Aspects of Utah PM&R Residency Program
Rotations are distributed over three years with a concentration of inpatient rotations in PGY-2 and the first part of PGY-3. The latter half of PGY-3 through PGY-4 will favor consults and outpatient clinics.
The program also provides five hours of didactics per week. Lectures are given by both the PM&R Department attendings and guest speakers from other departments.
There is no in-house call throughout this residency. Home call is shared between 4-5 residents every month. The monthly call schedule usually averages from 6-8 days per resident including one weekend.
Residents are allowed 15 days a year of vacation. Each resident is allowed to choose his or her vacation dates as long as there is no scheduling conflict.
Acute inpatient rehabilitation units provide training in management of both very complex and common medical and surgical conditions. The following is a brief description of the units:
- University of Utah Medical Center
- supports a Level 1 Trauma Center
- spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and multi-trauma
- neuromuscular disorders, cancer, and medical debility
- burn rehabilitation
- Primary Children's Medical Center
- supports a Level 1 Trauma Center
- spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and multi-trauma
- neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, spina bifida
- congenital deformities
- Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
- stroke, orthopedics, geriatrics
- amputees
- Salt Lake Regional Hospital
- community hospital rehabilitation
- cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
The following is an overview of the outpatient clinics:
The University clinics rotation provides thorough exposure to musculoskeletal medicine. Residents have the opportunity to diagnose and treat spine disorders, as well as sports and industrial injuries. This rotation offers extensive experience with
- fluoroscopically guided diagnostic and therapeutic injection procedures
- electrodiagnostic studies
The VAMC clinics rotation primarily provides exposure to
- prosthetics and orthotics
- amputees
- chronic pain conditions
Residents have the opportunity to follow stroke and spinal cord injury patients on an outpatient basis. This rotation offers extensive experience with electrodiagnostic studies.
The Primary Children's clinics rotation provides exposure to all pediatric disorders requiring rehabilitation intervention including
- cerebral palsy
- brain tumor
- spina bifida
- muscular dystrophy
- traumatic brain injury
- congenital orthopedic disorders
Residents have the opportunity to be involved with
- intrathecal baclofen pump management
- botox injections
- pediatric prosthetics/orthotics
- pediatric electrodiagnostic studies
