I got my acceptance today! So excited! Anyone else out there joining me?
Any ex-externshipees out there?
Any ex-externshipees out there?
2010 RIC Externship
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'06 👍
Congrats...it's a great experience and Chicago is awesome in the summer
Congrats...it's a great experience and Chicago is awesome in the summer
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'07 in the house! Best summer I ever had, seriously. Great place to learn PM&R, great city...you'll have a blast.
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best experience ever! I think 5 of the 8 of us are applying for pm&r this year 👍
best experience ever! I think 5 of the 8 of us are applying for pm&r this year 👍
Y'all (that should give it away that I go to a school in TX 🙂) are getting me so pumped!
Heard about the program in the beginning of the school year when I was thinking of PM&R opportunities for over the summer. I typed "PM&R internships" into Google and found the program on their application website. It was the only one that showed up for M1s. I then did my research and found out just how great of a program it really is...I also heard more about it when I went to the AAPM&R annual conference in Austin.
Do y'all have any advice on finding a place? Craigslist? Someone in the previous years' threads said something about there being a list that has available places for students -- where you sublet from med students that are gone for the summer. Do you know what I'm talking about? What does a typical week look like? Feel free to shed ANY light on the program!
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Feel free to PM me regarding how I found housing - specifically about that sublet list. 👍
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Congrat's to those accepted.
I didn't get placed for the externship and it bummed me out for a bit, but they were very nice about it.
All in good measure - I've taken the opportunity to step back and evaluate other fields, since I've been on this relentless PM&R pursuit for the past couple of years. The AOCPM&R had their medical student event this past weekend in Annapolis, MD, and it was excellent. No matter what, glad I chose DO.
I didn't get placed for the externship and it bummed me out for a bit, but they were very nice about it.
All in good measure - I've taken the opportunity to step back and evaluate other fields, since I've been on this relentless PM&R pursuit for the past couple of years. The AOCPM&R had their medical student event this past weekend in Annapolis, MD, and it was excellent. No matter what, glad I chose DO.
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The experience is similar to your first inpatient clinical rotation of your third year.
Once you are assigned an attending, (based off of the designated interest areas you selected) you will be assigned a few patients to follow up with every day.
You should show up and pre-round before rounding with the team. (I think I was coming in around 8am) See your patients and followup on pertinent issues (did those labs come back? how's the chest xray look?) try to talk with the nurses and see if anything pertinent happened with your patient overnight (fevers? falls, agitation?) They use EMR at RIC, but I think we had computer access to look up labs, radiographs, etc. You will spend a lot of time with the residents and try to help them out as much as possible.
There are team meetings, depending on the service/attending possibly everyday. This is where all the people (therapists, case managers, social workers, nursing, speech language pathologists, physicians, etc) that coordinate the care for the patients come and brainstorm the status of the patients.
I don't think you will have to write daily notes, but you should/could for your own benefit.
scattered throughout the week are family meetings.
Everyday at noon there is a lecture on the 16th floor. I think there is food brought in at least once a week.
hours are approximately 8-5. In the afternoons you can go down the the (3rd or 4th floor) clinics and ask the attendings if you can see patients with them. There is a lot of variety in the clinics, since all the attendings specialize in different aspects of care. If I remember correctly, there was rheumatology, post-polio, SCI, brain injury, spasticity, etc you can watch the residents/attendings perform EMG/NCVs and botox/phenol/joint injections.
There is also a research requirement. I think this is a great opportunity for you to get your feet wet. It is suggested to find a project that is already underway and find your role in it. You will find out more about this once you get to Chicago.
I would suggest investing in a pm&r book so that you can read up. I think the pm&r secrets book is only about 40 dollars on amazon. there are other options, but might cost more money.
you should go see a cubs game, and pick the brains of the residents since they will have a lot of wisdom to share.
I think the main duty during this experience is to realize how awesome and fulfilling a career in physiatry is, and share that with the world.
enjoy! 🙂
Once you are assigned an attending, (based off of the designated interest areas you selected) you will be assigned a few patients to follow up with every day.
You should show up and pre-round before rounding with the team. (I think I was coming in around 8am) See your patients and followup on pertinent issues (did those labs come back? how's the chest xray look?) try to talk with the nurses and see if anything pertinent happened with your patient overnight (fevers? falls, agitation?) They use EMR at RIC, but I think we had computer access to look up labs, radiographs, etc. You will spend a lot of time with the residents and try to help them out as much as possible.
There are team meetings, depending on the service/attending possibly everyday. This is where all the people (therapists, case managers, social workers, nursing, speech language pathologists, physicians, etc) that coordinate the care for the patients come and brainstorm the status of the patients.
I don't think you will have to write daily notes, but you should/could for your own benefit.
scattered throughout the week are family meetings.
Everyday at noon there is a lecture on the 16th floor. I think there is food brought in at least once a week.
hours are approximately 8-5. In the afternoons you can go down the the (3rd or 4th floor) clinics and ask the attendings if you can see patients with them. There is a lot of variety in the clinics, since all the attendings specialize in different aspects of care. If I remember correctly, there was rheumatology, post-polio, SCI, brain injury, spasticity, etc you can watch the residents/attendings perform EMG/NCVs and botox/phenol/joint injections.
There is also a research requirement. I think this is a great opportunity for you to get your feet wet. It is suggested to find a project that is already underway and find your role in it. You will find out more about this once you get to Chicago.
I would suggest investing in a pm&r book so that you can read up. I think the pm&r secrets book is only about 40 dollars on amazon. there are other options, but might cost more money.
you should go see a cubs game, and pick the brains of the residents since they will have a lot of wisdom to share.
I think the main duty during this experience is to realize how awesome and fulfilling a career in physiatry is, and share that with the world.
enjoy! 🙂
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Thanks so much for all that info! Looks like I'm going to be learning a lot this summer...I can't wait! I bought some new rollerblades yesterday (part of my retail therapy -- had an exam yesterday), so I'm looking forward to rollerblading along Lake Michigan 😎 Will definitely check out the Cubs. I've heard a few people talk about that PM&R Secrets book, so looks like I'm going to order it tonight. Thanks again!
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Congrats! It would be tough to start a research project from scratch and get IRB approval in only 2 months. Fortunately, there are plenty of research projects already going or have IRB approval for you to either help out with, or do a small pilot study.
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Or just do a chart review project. Retrospective chart reviews might not require IRB approval.
Congratulations! You're going to have an AWESOME time. I did the program last summer -- best experience ever. As for the research project goes, it really depends on how much time you want to spend on it. What most everyone in my group did was see patients in the morning, attend lectures and then work on research in the afternoon. Some people got nowhere on their projects while others got a lot done. I worked with another extern on my project, and we completed an entire project from scratch...but we put in the effort. If Dr. Wysocki hasn't emailed you a list of project topics yet, she will soon. You'll be asked to rank your top 3. Once you receive your topic, email the PD and ask for articles/background info, so before you get to RIC you'll have an idea on what you're working on. Work hard, play hard -- it's going to be one of the best summers of your life!
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Sent you a PM!
