Stanford PM&R PD change?

[SportsMed09]

I was looking up Stanford on FREIDA, and it looks like they might have a new PD, since I kept hearing how there was a female one (her name escapes me at the moment), but now it's listed as Dr. Teraoka. Just wondering if people knew how this came about, if it's good/bad, and what changes can be expected in the curriculum.

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[topwise]

This is old news. Dr. Teraoka has been the program director for over a year now. He is excellent and very well liked by the residents.

 

[SportsMed09]

Fair enough; still wondering what things have/will change as a result.

 

[topwise]

There have been numerous changes in the last year, all of them positive. Is there anything specific you're interested in?

 

[SportsMed09]

Inclusion of more outpatient rotations (since people had posted complaints of having heavy inpatient experiences); changes in call schedules; change in other faculty in inpatient facilities who were less abrasive than previously; changes in didactics.

 

[topwise]

Outpatient rotations: Due to the Stanford inpt rehab unit closing, there have been less inpt rotations. I think most residents do 1-1.5 years of inpt and the rest is outpt. I think that's a good balance. I'm a PGY4 and my year consists of 2 months (easy) inpt and the rest outpt.

Call schedule: No changes, although I didn't think there were any major issues with it before. The call at Valley can be a pain, but the North campus call is generally really easy.

Faculty: In the last year, there have been several new faculty members and they are all really good... very interested in teaching and not completely resident-dependent.

Didactics: Increased from two hours once a week to an entire morning once a week. Also has tried to include some hands-on aspects, like getting in the gym for hands-on teaching from PTs. Good stuff.