Oh yeah...no wound care for us.
In-patient rehab is great for ppl who want to be busy and work as part of a multi-disc team. Those positions tend to be a mix of quick consults, ongoing counseling, education about injury, some testing, working w the family, coordinating w other providers, etc. Sometime teams lack a rehab psych and use neuropsych for a consult, though it's more trad...consult & recommend than actually following a case. Of neuro is available, it often will do a quick cog screen, but really are there to setup out-pt follow-up for testing.
Out-pt neuro is typically eval, consult, feedback, next. Rehab tends to know the basic issues and they want data to direct care. A rehab psych may or may not stay involved as an out-pt practice.
In-pt rehab practice is generally on a multi-disc team usually run by a physiatrist (PM&R doc). Areas of in-pt work can include: TBI, SCI, Neuro (mix of neuro conditions), some places have a dedicated CVA/Stroke unit, Epilepsy, Gen Med (knee/hip replacement, somaticizing pts, & kitchen sink...nowhere to put them), & Burn.
Out-pt rehab can be more trad treatment and assessment. It can also include residential treatment centers (pts live there for wks/months...sometimes longer) and more intensive out-pt.
I started in neuro and got pull over to rehab during internship, so I have a foot in each camp. I think Division 22 (Rehab Psych) is the best division of APA for students and early career folks bc they are so welcoming and inclusive. Div 40 is good too, though it has a different feel. I will say, Div 40 is also quite engaged w students and early career and I think either group (really both) are worthwhile and support each training area quite well.
What was written earlier about dx v confirm in regard to diagnosis is pretty accurate. I miss the hunt to figure out a zebra diagnosis when I was straight out-pt neuro.
