The challenge of teaching rehabilitative care in medical school.

Full Abstract

Rehabilitative care has gained importance because the population is aging, and improved acute and chronic medical care saves and prolongs lives but leaves some patients with temporary or permanent physical impairments. However, despite its importance, the teaching and learning of rehabilitative care in medical school lag behind medical education relating to acute and chronic care. The authors analyze the broad scope of rehabilitative care and the need to include it in the medical school curriculum. They also discuss advantages for students and their patients of learning rehabilitative care in the undergraduate curriculum and suggest methods to improve teaching it.

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Author information

Author/s: Currie, Donald M (DM); Atchison, James W (JW); Fiedler, Irma G (IG);

Affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7822-3900, USA. curie611(-atsign-)pol.net

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Acad Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 77 (issue 7) : pp 701-8

Dates: Created 2002/07/12; Completed 2002/08/15; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12114143, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Problem-Based Learning

Problem-Based Learning
Rehabilitation - education
Review Literature as Topic
Teaching

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