Clinical Rotations
Clinical rotations are scheduled in two-month blocks.
Our clinical curriculum is uniquely designed to provide a balanced inpatient and outpatient experience throughout the training program. This facilitates residents' development of specialized interests early on in their training and allows them to enhance their knowledge and skills in all areas throughout their training. There is one-on-one teaching with clinical faculty on all rotations, combined with the junior and senior residents working together on many rotations.
PGY2
Inpatient, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 6 months
Conditions treated include:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Orthopedic conditions
- Trauma
- Neurologic conditions
Outpatient, 6 months
Residents provide care for amputees, deliver interventional spine care and conduct electrodiagnostics. Conditions treated include:
- Acute musculoskeletal injury
- Acute and chronic pain
- Outpatient stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
PGY3
Pediatric inpatient, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and associated clinics
Residents conduct electrodiagnostics, provide care for patients who have suffered strokes and treat conditions including:
- Cerebral palsy
- Trauma
- Pediatric hematology-oncology
- Muscular dystrophy
- Pediatric traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Spina bifida
- Spasticity management
PGY 4
Inpatient, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 4 months
Conditions treated include:
- Spinal Cord
- Stroke
- Orthopedic conditions
- Trauma
- Neurologic conditions
Adult inpatient, 4 months
Residents consult with patients and conduct electrodiagnostics.
Outpatient and electrodiagnostics, Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Residents conduct electrodiagnostics and help patients with:
- Musculoskeletal, neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Spinal cord injury
- Chronic pain management
Subacute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Residents conduct electrodiagnostics and help patients with:
- Musculoskeletal, neurologic and cardiac rehabilitation
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Spinal cord injury
- Chronic pain management
Outpatient, 3 months
Residents gain experience in:
- Musculoskeletal pain treatment
- Sports medicine
- Electrodiagnostics
- Interventional pain management
- Day rehabilitation
Elective, 1 month
Lectures
Core lecture courses are taught by faculty on Tuesday afternoons from 4pm-6 pm and for two hours on Friday mornings 8am-10am. Topics covered include:
- Amputations and prosthetics
- Brain injury
- Burn rehabilitation
- Business management
- Cancer rehabilitation
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- Geriatrics
- Industrial medicine
- Joint and connective tissue diseases
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Pain management
- Pediatrics
- Spinal cord injury
- Sports medicine
An additional two to three hours on Friday mornings are reserved for faculty and resident education including:
- Grand rounds
- Chair's rounds
- Electrodiagnostic case conferences
- Gait case conferences
- Basic science presentations
- Community faculty guest lectures
- Journal clubs
- Radiology rounds and other educational activities
