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ArticleJournal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine2023

A call for action: Increasing the pediatric rehabilitation medicine workforce.

Margaret A Turk, Bruce M Gans, Heakyung Kim, Katharine E Alter

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Article in Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Our stories matter.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Margaret A TurkDepartments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Norton College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Bruce M GansDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Heakyung KimDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Katharine E AlterMount Washington Pediatric Hospital, An Affiliate of The University of Maryland System and Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is a unique blend of traditional medical rehabilitation knowledge and skills primarily focused on temporary and/or permanent disability conditions of childhood onset throughout the age continuum, with an emphasis on promoting function and participation. Although there are two established pathways to enhance knowledge and skills in PRM, one a combined residency with Pediatrics and the other a PRM fellowship, there has been a relative decline in participants in this training, as has been seen across other subspecialties in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and other medical specialties. Based on pediatric rehabilitation physician surveys and the increasing prevalence of children with disabilities, there has been a call to consider opening PRM fellowships to physicians not trained in PM&R. This commentary proposes establishing a commission to lead a transparent and inclusive process to assure that all options to address issues related to optimizing PRM care are considered and provide a course of action to address the needs of children and adults with childhood onset disabilities.

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Internship and ResidencyPhysical and Rehabilitation MedicinePhysiciansAdultChildFellowships and ScholarshipsHumansWorkforcechildhood-onset disabilityPediatric rehabilitation medicinesubspecializationtraining

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PMID37718879
PMCPMC10578265

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