Resident Rotation Schedule
Depicted below is the resident rotation schedule per postgraduate year. Please see the legend below the table for a description of clinical activities associated with the rotation type. You will notice that resident exposure to particular subspecialty areas including electrodiagnosis is intentionally spread longitudinally across PGY 2-4. The rationale for this distribution is to facilitate spaced repetition of exposure to subspecialty areas with the expectation that with expanding medical knowledge in each PGY year, residents will be better able to synthesize information at a higher level and command mastery of the subject area. Research time is scheduled throughout the outpatient clinic rotations.
Rotation Description
| PM&R Ward |
Inpatient management of acute rehab patients
|
| PM&R Clinic |
Musculoskeletal clinics in academic and community settings
(Sports/Spine/Pain/EMG)
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| MSK Clinics |
Musculoskeletal-focus outpatient clinics
(Sports/Spine/EMG/SCI)
|
| Rehab Clinics |
Subspecialty rehab clinics
(Amputee/Peds/NMD/EMG/VA general clinics)
|
| Peds |
Combination of inpatient/outpatient pediatrics rehab rotation
|
| Mercy |
Community-based acute inpatient rehab rotation
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| Pain |
Outpatient clinics focused on diagnosis/treat of pain/disability
|
| Consult |
Inpatient consultation for physiatry management/inpatient rehab candidacy
|
| Clinic Chief |
Combination of general rehab/specialty outpatient clinics with administrative component for resident scheduling
|
| Continuity Clinic |
Bi-weekly year-round senior resident clinic at VA Hospital
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Total Months of Rotation/PGY Year
Year |
Rotation |
Duration |
| PGY-4 | Consult | 4 months |
| Clinic Chief | 4 months | |
| PM&R Clinic | 3 months | |
| Elective 1 | 1 month | |
| Continuity Clinic | Bi-weekly | |
| PGY-3 | Rehab Clinics | 2 months |
| Pain Clinic | 1 month | |
| PM&R Wards | 4 months | |
| Peds | 3 months | |
| MSK Clinics | 2 months | |
| PGY-2 | PM&R Wards | 4 months |
| MSK Clinics | 3 months | |
| Rehab Clinics | 3 months | |
| Mercy | 1 month | |
| Peds | 1 month | |
| PGY-1 | IM Wards (UC Davis) | 12 weeks |
| IM Wards (VA Hospital) | 4 weeks | |
| IM Wards (Kaiser) | 4 weeks | |
| Emergency Dept. (UC Davis) | 4 weeks | |
| Surgery (VA Hospital) | 4 weeks | |
| PM&R Wards (UC Davis) | 2 weeks | |
| PM&R Clinic (UC Davis) | 2 weeks | |
| Ortho/Spine (UC Davis) | 4 weeks | |
| Neurosurgery (UC Davis) | 4 weeks | |
| CCU (UC Davis) | 4 weeks | |
| Neurology (Kaiser) | 4 weeks | |
