Residents completing this program are prepared to fulfill leadership roles in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The core didactic curriculum includes a three-year lecture series to cover all aspects of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. A monthly journal club reviews current and classical literature. The wide variety of community rehabilitation services in the Boston area affords residents an excellent opportunity for exposure to multiple community services. Many residents are presently involved in research topics in such areas as gait disorders, SCI and sports medicine.
Faculty are available to serve as advisors to residents with research interests.
Residents and staff routinely present research projects at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation meeting as well as other scholarly national meetings. Residents are on call at SRH approximately every seventh night except when rotating at outside hospitals. Residents on the Neurology rotation at MGH assume call approximately every fourth night as well.