Physical Medicine (PM&R) Board Reviews

Topics covered by the NYU Intensive Review of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: NYU School of Medicine Board Review include:
Lower Extremity Amputation, Lower Limb Prosthetics, Upper Limb Prosthetics, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Interventional Pain Procedures, Neurogenic Communication Disorders, Dysphagia, Spasticity, Traumatic Brain Injury, Burns, Cardiac Rehabilitation and many more.

Studying the NYU Intensive Review of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: NYU School of Medicine Board Review will help you to:
•Prepare for the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation certification and MOC examinations
•Describe a pragmatic approach for the diagnosis and management of concussed athlete
•Appraise the management of traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal disorders, spasticity, etc.

Target Audience:
Senior Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residents physicians preparing for Part I (Written) of the Board Certification Examination; PM&R physicians in their first year of practice preparing for Part II (Oral) of the Board Certificate examination; Practicing PM&R physicians seeking continuing medical education and knowledge update; Practicing PM&R physicians preparing for their ABPM&R maintenance of Certification Examination.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – A Comprehensive Review is designed for physiatrists and residents and fellows in physical medicine and rehabilitation who are planning for ABPMR exams or looking for a thorough review of the field.

Topics include: Cervical Spine Care, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Stress Fractures, Exercise, Osteoarthritis Update, Peripheral Neuropathies, Radiculopathy, Nerve Conduction, Cerebral Palsy, Amputee Care, Neurogenic Bladder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Aphasia and many more.

After completing Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, you will be able to:
• Perform a thorough history, with emphasis on functional impact, and a comprehensive physical examination
• Apply current literature to the evaluation and management of patients
• Formulate collaboration with colleagues in various healthcare disciplines to provide the most effective patient-oriented care
• Assess relevant treatment options that prioritize the patient’s functional outcome
• Explain to patients and families the treatment options, rehabilitation outcomes, and prognosis
• Assess the need for referral to a subspecialist physiatrist or specialist in another field

Target Audience:
Physicians specializing in Physical Medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).

This Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders CME course is an authoritative review of peripheral nervous system disorders and of specific details and techniques of electrodiagnostic tests, muscle and nerve biopsies.

Topics covered in this course include:
• Basics of Nerve Conduction Studies
• Basics of Electromyography
• Special Techniques
• Motor Neuron Diseases
• Polyneuropathies

After completing this course, physicians will better be able to:
• Recognize classic, possible, and unlikely neuromuscular disorders according to clinical symptoms
• Assess the need for laboratory tests, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging, and muscle and nerve biopsies to establish a diagnosis
• Illustrate effective management of painful neuropathies
• Outline strategies to deliver the best care possible to patients with neuromuscular disorders

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Neurology or Physical Medicine