Residency Curriculum
UNC PM&R’s residency curriculum is a 4-year categorical program designed to offer broad exposure and training in the field of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The rotation schedule and educational activities listed below give residents a solid foundation for fellowships and their careers.
Residency Rotation Schedule by Training Year
Categorical Internship (PGY-1) | |
Inpatient Medicine | 3 months |
Rheumatology Clinic | 1 month |
Internal Medicine Clinic | 1 month |
Neurosurgery | 1 month |
Orthopedics | 1 month |
Burn Clinic | 1 month |
Neurology | 1 month |
Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
PM&R | 1 month |
Family Medicine | 1 month |
Residency PGY-2 | |
Inpatient Rehabilitation | 7 months |
Outpatient Rehabilitation | 3 months |
Spine Clinic | 2 months |
Residency PGY-3 | |
EMG | 3 months |
Pediatric Rehabilitation | 3 months |
Inpatient Rehabilitation | 2 months |
Outpatient Rehabilitation | 1 month |
Sports Medicine | 1 month |
Consult | 1 month |
Elective | 1 month |
Residency PGY-4 | |
Inpatient Rehabilitation | 3 months |
Outpatient Rehabilitation | 3 months |
EMG | 2 months |
Consult | 2 months |
Spine Clinic | 1 month |
Elective | 1 month |
Educational Activities:
Resident Didactics
The didactic curriculum includes weekly lectures on the following topics, and are held on Thursdays from 8:45 AM to noon. The lectures follow an 18 month cycle.
- Stroke
- Geriatric Medicine
- Sports
- Brain Injury
- Integrative Medicine
- Modalities
- Orthotics
- Intro to Rehabilitation Medicine
- Prosthetics
- Spine & Pain
- Occupational Medicine
- Spinal cord injury
- Pediatric rehab
- Cancer Rehab
- Cardiac, Pulmonary and Burn Rehab
- Bone, Joint and Connective Tissue
- Brain Injury
- Neuro Rehab (MS, Parkinsons, Guillain Barre)
Other Educational Programs
- EMG Lecture Series
- Electrodiagnosis Clinical Correlations Conference
- Journal Club
- PM&R Grand Rounds
- Oral Board Review
- Mock Oral Examinations
- Resident Case Presentations
- Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
- Annual Research Day
PM&R Faculty, Residents, and Staff celebrating with our Class of 2024 Residency Graduates!