TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical excellence in physical medicine and rehabilitation
T2 - Examples from the published literature
AU - Coslick, Alexis
AU - Zorowitz, Richard D.
AU - Wright, Scott M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Objective: Advancements in medical knowledge and technology are enabling people to live longer with chronic medical conditions, and creating a need for physiatrists to help maintain and restore function. Clinical excellence in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) is not well documented in the literature. The aim of this paper is to provide examples of clinical excellence in PM&R as they relate to the definition formulated by the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence (MCACE). Methods and results: A review of the literature revealed 1,686 published articles that were evaluated to determine their relevance to the definition of clinical excellence in PM&R. From these articles, exemplary case reports and research studies were identified for each of the domains of excellence. Conclusion: The application of the definition of clinical excellence to PM&R is more than just an intellectual exercise, as it can help to establish the model to which physicians and trainees may want to aspire.
AB - Objective: Advancements in medical knowledge and technology are enabling people to live longer with chronic medical conditions, and creating a need for physiatrists to help maintain and restore function. Clinical excellence in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) is not well documented in the literature. The aim of this paper is to provide examples of clinical excellence in PM&R as they relate to the definition formulated by the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence (MCACE). Methods and results: A review of the literature revealed 1,686 published articles that were evaluated to determine their relevance to the definition of clinical excellence in PM&R. From these articles, exemplary case reports and research studies were identified for each of the domains of excellence. Conclusion: The application of the definition of clinical excellence to PM&R is more than just an intellectual exercise, as it can help to establish the model to which physicians and trainees may want to aspire.
KW - Clinical excellence
KW - PM&R, physical and rehabilitation medicine, PRM
KW - Physiatry
KW - Physical medicine and rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.2340/16501977-2058
DO - 10.2340/16501977-2058
M3 - Article
C2 - 26867132
AN - SCOPUS:84959321534
VL - 48
SP - 253
EP - 258
JO - Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
JF - Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
SN - 1650-1977
IS - 3
ER -