title: Integration of physical medicine and rehabilitation into the undergraduate medical curriculum. The Undergraduate Education Committee of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Workgroup.
abstract: The incorporation of PM&R into the medical student curriculum thus provides benefits at multiple levels: to patients, to medical students, and to practitioners already in the field. The knowledge about PM&R gained by the medical student is spread to disciplines outside of PM&R through the learning of principles and specific factual data that can be applicable for practitioners caring for a variety of patients. It is the position of this organization that each academic department work to integrate education in PM&R into the medical school curriculum.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Fiedler
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States