Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship Curriculum

Master
Content

The Spinal Cord Medicine Injury Porgram trains fellows in the following:

  • Becoming proficient in all aspects of care provided to persons with acute and long-term spinal cord injury
  • Developing expertise in clinical decision making regarding rehabilitative aspects of SCI care
  • Developing a sound background in diagnosis and management of neurogenic bladder and bowel, sexuality and fertility, spasticity, pressure ulcers, pain and other pertinent SCI secondary complications
  • Developing and demonstrating the skills of team leadership in an interdisciplinary environment
  • Developing proficiency in teaching medical students, residents and others
  • Developing proficiency in research in the field of spinal cord injury
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Fellow Responsibilities

Content

The fellow will:

  • Participate in inpatient and outpatient clinical activities at MEDVAMC and TIRR SCI services on a rotating basis
  • Participate in SCI consultative activities at MEDVAMC and Memorial Hermann
  • Supervise and teach medical students and residents under the mentorship of program attendings
  • Participate in appropriate SCI educational activities at the training locations
  • Work closely with interdisciplinary staff in the monitoring and treatment of all aspects of health and rehabilitation
  • Assume responsibility for at least one scholarly project relevant to spinal cord injury medicine
  • Keep pace with development in the field of SCI by discussion of articles or chapters from the literature
Content
Sample Rotation Schedule - MEDVAMC

 

July

August

September

October

November

December

VA SCI Inpatient - Huang

x

x

Monthly

Monthly

x

x

VA SCI Inpatient - Dajoyag-Mejia

Monthly

Monthly

x

x

x

x

VA SCI Inpatient - Wade

x

x

x

x

Monthly

Monthly

VA SCI Outpatient Clinic - Bodenheimer

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

VA SCI Inpatient Consults - Skelton

Intermittently

Intermittently

Intermittently

Intermittently

Intermittently

Intermittently

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Sample Rotation Schedule - TIRR/Memorial Hermann

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

TIRR SCI Inpatient - Davis

Monthly

Monthly

x

x

x

x

TIRR SCI Inpatient - Hernandez

x

x

x

x

Monthly

Monthly

Memorial Hermann SCI Consults - Frontera

x

x

Monthly

Monthly

x

x

TIRR SCI Oupatient Clinic - Frontera, Stampas, Korupolu

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly