is it the same ?

[loker20]

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I am just a bit confused when people say spine fellowship, does that mean Spinal cord injury fellowship? I ask because I was looking at the acgme site and only 3 fellowships are actually accredited through pm&R, peds, spine and sports.

thanks

 

[loker20]

is it difficult to get a fellowship in spine for pm&r? I know that pain is quite hard, but what about sports medicine? the reason I ask is because their are so few accredited programs for fellowships?

 

[kstarm]

I am just a bit confused when people say spine fellowship, does that mean Spinal cord injury fellowship? I ask because I was looking at the acgme site and only 3 fellowships are actually accredited through pm&R, peds, spine and sports.

thanks

Depending on who you are talking with you might get slightly different responses but in general when someone is talking about a "spine" fellowship they are talking about a fellowship that is looking at managing the musculoskeletal aspects of the spine. Typically, this includes learning interventional procedures. You will see low back pain, radiculopathies, etc.

A spinal cord injury fellowship is one that focuses on working with people with spinal cord injuries (tetraplegics, paraplegics, MS patients, etc.) and is more focused on the neurorehabilitation of these patients.

You of course will have some overlap of conditions between the two, but they are distinctly different fellowships. Others can probably expand on this, and how difficult an accredited position is to get.

 

[loker20]

if that is the case then what is a spinal fellowship? What specialty is it under then? What exactly does a sports medicine fellowship entail ? thanks for the help, just trying to figure out my way .


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[cbest]

These are discussed extensively throughout the PM&R and Pain forums. Please search first.

 

[Jitter Bug]

SCI fellowships are for spinal cord injury: care from the trauma bay to outpatient. SCI is a subspecialty of PM&R with it's own board exam. Only PM&R offers an SCI fellowship.

Spine fellowships are a collection of private and academic programs that focus on outpatient spine care, most teach injections in addition to comprehensive aspects of non-surgical care. These fellowships allow you to expand your practice and build skills but are not linked to any particular subspecialty exam. They can be offered by several specialty fields.

There are also a few "spine and sports" fellowships which usually allow you to sit for the Sports Medicine boards. Also offered by several fields.

There are also Pain fellowships which have a lot in common with spine fellowships, but a wider focus obviously on all types of pain. If the pain fellowship is ACGME cetified you can sit for the pain boards. Most are Anesthesia, a few PM&R but open in general to PM&R, Neuro, Psych, and Anesthesia.

Those of you in fellowship can correct me if I'm wrong on some of these details.