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haha I'm lost.. what media blitz? (I'm sure you were being sarcastic though and poking fun at some comment or event that I don't know about.... right?)
 
The AAPM&R spent a lot of money taking out full page ads in USA today attempting to increase public awareness of the field.

wateravatar, what ideas do you have?
 
axm397 said:
The AAPM&R spent a lot of money taking out full page ads in USA today attempting to increase public awareness of the field.

wateravatar, what ideas do you have?
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Hard to promote a field when even its practitioners can't define its parameters.
 
advocacy is GREAT idea in our field. I would interested to hear you ideas too. Please post them for everyone to see.
Also if you have great ideas on how the restructure our healthcare system (seriously) let's them too.
 
ampaphb said:
Hard to promote a field when even its practitioners can't define its parameters.
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yes I agree so i guess the first step is what can we do to help in the process of definining PM&R's parameters? Any Ideas- anyone?
 
simple...

a physiatrist is a physician who helps people move or move better
 
drrinoo said:
simple...

a physiatrist is a physician who helps people move or move better
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Maybe we should have a Physiatrist help out on "Dancing with the Stars."

😀
 
haha I hope you all weren't waiting for some well-thought grande scheme on how to raise awareness of PMR from me...

But I agree with the statement that PMR 4 MSK made.. perhaps not dancing with the stars, but more and more physiatrist are getting into the realm of medical care and coaching for sports and performance dance and thats a good thing.
 
WaterAvatar said:
haha I hope you all weren't waiting for some well-thought grande scheme on how to raise awareness of PMR from me...

But I agree with the statement that PMR 4 MSK made.. perhaps not dancing with the stars, but more and more physiatrist are getting into the realm of medical care and coaching for sports and performance dance and thats a good thing.
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kinda like stan herring? (team doc of the seahawks)
 
hope everyone who is applying this year is getting their interviews of choice. 👍

Anyway, in order to tackle this problem we have to clearly define issues we want to work for or problems we want to solve. Many of our PMR-elders may be able to answer this question more practically. What I generally see is confusion over what PMR is and an overall lack of interest amongst the majority of medical students. This lack of interest may be genuine but I like to think it stems from the confusion over what PMR does. I may only know a little about how PMR came to be, but I do recall that it was a fusion of two fields: Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Medicine. In fact, Physical Medicine in England is practices more like Medical Orthopedics than anything else (someone can verify this). Just like Neurosurgery and Neurology are two different fields, Orthopedic Surgery and Medical Orthopedics can also coexist. But PMR is more than just Medical Orthopedics I gather and overlaps with many other fields.

So a previous member of this thread stated that it is "Hard to promote a field when even its practitioners can't define its parameters". Lets seriously define the parameters right now. Perhaps in a sentence or paragraph on what exactly PMR does. It's a broad field, but maybe we can nail the description down clearly and concisely. This I feel is the first step. Clear the confusion amongst us and then we can tackle the confusion amongst the masses.

Extra points to whoever makes the description sound the most.. oh how do you say... exciting or sexy. ( Hopefully we don't get many BS responses).

😀🙂🙄:scared:😕😴 damn, I love these faces!!!!
 
WaterAvatar said:
Anyway, in order to tackle this problem we have to clearly define issues we want to work for or problems we want to solve. Many of our PMR-elders may be able to answer this question more practically. What I generally see is confusion over what PMR is and an overall lack of interest amongst the majority of medical students. This lack of interest may be genuine but I like to think it stems from the confusion over what PMR does. I may only know a little about how PMR came to be, but I do recall that it was a fusion of two fields: Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Medicine. In fact, Physical Medicine in England is practices more like Medical Orthopedics than anything else (someone can verify this). Just like Neurosurgery and Neurology are two different fields, Orthopedic Surgery and Medical Orthopedics can also coexist. But PMR is more than just Medical Orthopedics I gather and overlaps with many other fields.
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Yes, in Britain there is something called "Orthopaedic Medicine" which was founded by a guy named Cyriax.

Alot of fields overlap/encompass parts of the periphery of its equivalent in this country (pain medicine, primary care sports, etc.), but the Physical Medicine component of PM&R in its advanced form clearly comes the closest.

Physiatry did start out focused on Physical Medicine. The focus then shifted (for quite a long time) to medical rehabilitation, but now the pendulum is swinging back in the other direction.

Regarding lack of interest amongst medical students, that stems from misunderstanding (many med students who will come to order PM&R consults on their IM rotations will assume that it's like inpt Geriatrics, nursing home medicine, etc.) It's all of our responsibilities to educate the public and other physicians starting at the most basic levels. For med-students, residents and those in academics, that means presenting to the M2/3s and IM/FP residents. To those in private practice, that means lunches, dinners, etc. with PCPs amongst other possible referral sources.
 
Disciple said:
Yes, in Britain there is something called "Orthopaedic Medicine" which was founded by a guy named Cyriax.

Alot of fields overlap/encompass parts of the periphery of its equivalent in this country (pain medicine, primary care sports, etc.), but the Physical Medicine component of PM&R in its advanced form clearly comes the closest.

Physiatry did start out focused on Physical Medicine. The focus then shifted (for quite a long time) to medical rehabilitation, but now the pendulum is swinging back in the other direction.

Regarding lack of interest amongst medical students, that stems from misunderstanding (many med students who will come to order PM&R consults on their IM rotations will assume that it's like inpt Geriatrics, nursing home medicine, etc.) It's all of our responsibilities to educate the public and other physicians starting at the most basic levels. For med-students, residents and those in academics, that means presenting to the M2/3s and IM/FP residents. To those in private practice, that means lunches, dinners, etc. with PCPs amongst other possible referral sources.
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The confusion continues. 60 years and counting.
 
PMR 4 MSK said:
Maybe we should have a Physiatrist help out on "Dancing with the Stars."

😀
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Wasn't Heather Mills an amputee? We missed the opportunity last season😕
 
haha so far no one has tackled this task of giving a clear cut Definition of what PMR is now and what it can be in the near future....
 
That's tough.


Maybe something along the lines of Physician specialists in Functional anatomy/Kinesiology.
 
Disciple said:
That's tough.


Maybe something along the lines of Physician specialists in Functional anatomy/Kinesiology.
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Nahh, Kinesiology was what the football and basketball players majored in in college so they could get high enough grades to keep playing. 😀
 
WaterAvatar said:
haha so far no one has tackled this task of giving a clear cut Definition of what PMR is now and what it can be in the near future....
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i thought you started this thread to see "who wanted to join you with advocacy of our specialty"...... sounded great, like you had a plan- you never posted you ideas. OP - back to your original question re: advocacy, what are you going to do that can improve public/ PMR awareness. 🙄
 
Sorry to disappoint...

True I did start the thread to encourage ideas on how to increase PMR-public-awareness but I also wanted to stress a point that if we ourselves cannot define what PMR encompasses then it is tough to spread the word out. Thus I mainly wanted to encourage a dialogue (just to start out) on first defining the field... and then we could all share ideas. Many of the members who frequent this site are much more experienced than I am so I'm mainly trying to learn from the input of others to then formulate a plan (ish) that could actually work.
 
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