Pros:
1) Inpatient: variety of patients: bread and butter to zebras. Graduates who come back consistently state that after training at UMich, you can manage any inpatient unit
2) Outpatient: continuity clinic provides great MSK experience, smorgasborg of different clinics to goto (adult spaticity, spinal cord, brachial plexus, orthotics and prosthetics)
3) Pain: own fluro suite, 2 dedicated months to pain on top of time during 2 outpatient clinic months and 2 elective months if you wish to do more (60+ procedures after one year)
4) EMG: training with PM&R as well as Neurology; see mononeuropathies on top of some of the zebras the Neurology folk see, 3 month block on top of 3 additional months as a PGY4, #s 250-300s
5) Atmosphere: very laid back with most attendings
Cons:
1) Inpatient: too many consult months, ancillary staff issues, can get too busy to actually learn about your patients
2) Pain: ACGME-lead changes to the pain fellowship means merger with Anesthesia...loss of PMR pain clinic time, addition of acute pain service, Gas fellows eating up fluro time for PMR residents
3) Parking: only getting worse, parking lots turning into new buildings
4) Sports medicine: not much of it, if you are interested: the sports injuries we see in clinic are more chronic than acute
Board pass rate:
100% last year from what I hear
Being taught:
What you make of it: obviously, lots of self-directed learning, but many attendings are willing to teach, some go through heroic lengths to teach. Scheduled didactics on Monday AM, THursday AM, EMG lectures PMR/Neuro Wed AM, random Friday AM lectures (very random), and sporadic evening activities (Gym Rounds, Cadaver Labs, Research/Journal clubs)
PM me if you have any other specific questions, pointers for interview, blah blah blah yaddah yaddah yaddah
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