Association of Academic Physiatrists

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Identify common risk factors for cardiac disease • Understand NYHA Classifications and apply to sample cases • Review epidemiological data about the prevalence and incidence of common cardiac conditions • Discuss exercise physiology and h...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Recall how to manage and treat autonomic dysreflexia • Review the stages of pressure ulcers and discuss prevention • Learn about sexual function in SCI Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Cliff Kissling, MD & Benjamin Gill, D...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review common complications of SCI such as venous thromboembolisms, heterotopic ossification and pulmonary and cardiac issues Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Hannah Farmer, DO & Benjamin Gill, DO, MBA This episode was rev...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review spine anatomy and tracts • Differentiate impairment, disability, and handicap • Review common incomplete spinal cord syndromes • Recap UMN vs LMN bowel and bladder Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Cliff Kissling, MD...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Discuss spinal stenosis with myelopathy • Discuss central cord syndrome • Review high yield ISNCSCI exam findings • Recap high yield SCI etiology facts Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Hannah Farmer, DO; Benjamin Gill, DO,...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. This is a comprehensive, special edition episode on NCS! Main Learning Objectives: • Review your SNAPs and CMAPS • Differentiate F waves from A waves (They sounds similar but are very different!) • Nail down the details about the blink reflex and the direct facial n...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Understand basic anatomy and physiology of the peripheral nervous system and neuromuscular junction • Review classification systems for nerve and muscle fibers • Understand classification systems for nerve injury and the associated pathol...

In our inaugural episode we sat down with Dr. Michael Bonniger, a leader in the field of regenerative medicine. Our topics range broadly in this discussion from responsible advancements, include mentorship, what it means to be a physician scientist, and how to get more involved in the field.

"Hospital Administration Part Two: Why Should Physiatrists Consider Going Into Administration?" Speakers: Dr. Mohammad Agha and Dr. Victoria Whitehair Timestamps: :44 Why did Dr. Agha go into Hospital Administration? 5:20 Why did Dr. Whitehair go into Hospital Administration? What decisions has she made and why has she made them? 7:35 What decisions has Dr. Agha made as an Administrator and why ha...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review clinical features and diagnoses of the rheumatologic diseases SLE, systemic sclerosis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, Sjogren’s Syndrome Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Christian Belisario, DO, MS and Katherine M C...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review basic anatomy of nerve roots, facet joints, and discs • Discuss common presentations of pain syndromes associated with radiculopathy, lumbar spinal stenosis, facet disease, and degenerative disc disease Credits: This episode was wr...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review pain signaling • Discuss an overview of chronic pelvic pain • Differentiate primary from secondary headaches • Review abortive vs preventive migraine medications Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Benjamin Gill, DO, M...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review high yield pearls about opioids and acetaminophen • Discuss MOA of NSAIDs • Discuss MOA of capsaicin • Review common adverse effects of steroids • Learn about the different types of pain • Explore treatment options for fibromyalgia...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Identify nerves and muscles involved in scapular winging • Review humeral and clavicular fractures • Discuss deltoid avulsions and strains Credits: This episode was written and hosted by: Benjamin Gill, DO, MBA; Christian Van Doren, DO Th...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Differentiate achilles tendonosis vs achilles tear • Identify dancer's tendonitis and the knot of Henry • Review the contents of the tarsal tunnel • Rationale for avoiding steroid injections in certain parts of the foot Credits: This epis...

The speakers in our latest Physiatry Perspectives podcast are Dr. Mohammad Agha and Dr. Victoria Whitehair. As we look into hospital administration, here are timestamps marking important questions during this episode: 1:04- Why does hospital administration matter? 3:15- Who are hospital administrators and what kind of roles do they have? 7:50- What do organization models look like? 10:33- Tips for...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review ankle sprain etiology, grading severity, and management • Discuss the most commonly injured ligaments in ankle sprains • Understand importance of ruling out associated injuries such as Maisonneuve fractures • Explore the most commo...

To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Review definition of mild TBI • Be able to list common signs and symptoms that may accompany mild TBI • Understand when to use SCAT5 vs ACE • Recap return to play guidelines • Understand significance of Second Impact Syndrome Credits: Thi...

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To help prepare you for your PM&R Board Exams, we're bringing you a podcast series dedicated to current practices and core knowledge. Main Learning Objectives: • Discuss common causes of shoulder pain and/or weakness such as progression of rotator cuff tears, glenoid labrum tears, glenohumeral instability, and AC joint separation • Review classification of shoulder separation • Review causes and m...

In this Journal Club podcast, your host Eric Wisotzky, MD, joined by co-host Jared Astro, DO interviews guest authors Micheal Robinson, PhD and Heather MacKenzie, MD. The group discusses key findings in the published article “Two Symptoms to Triage Acute Concussions: Using Decision Tree Modeling to Predict Prolonged Recovery Following Concussion.” The objective was to examine the 22 variables from...

Get an international perspective on extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ECSWT) and current research from Drs. Francisco Bentz-Brugal, MD and Marcos Henriquez, MD, from the Rehabilitek Institute in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Dr. Bentz-Brugal is the Medical Director of Rehabilitek, Medical Director of the Dominican Republic National Football Team, and Medical Advisor for the Dominican Soccer L...

Listen to the high-yield Program Director Roundtable, recorded at the AAP/ISPRM 2020 conference in Orlando, Florida. In this podcast, PM&R Program Directors talk about the application process, interview best practices, and how to succeed in the PM&R match.