NYU School of Medicine Board Review

This comprehensive CME program covers key topics and the latest updates in physical medicine and rehabilitation with special emphasis on board certification and recertification. Ideal for MOC.

Explore Key Topics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

This CME course is a wide-ranging review of the key topics in physical medicine and rehabilitation and helps you stay updated. NYU Intensive Review of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation includes case-based lectures on topics like neurogenic communication disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, spasticity management, traumatic brain injury, traumatic spinal cord injury, etc. It will help you to:

• Prepare for the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation certification and MOC examinations
• Describe a pragmatic approach for the diagnosis and management of concussed athlete
• Appraise the management of traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal disorders, spasticity, etc.

• Normal Gait – Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO

• Lower Extremity Amputation: Early Management – Edwin F. Richter, MD

• Lower Limb Prosthetics – Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO

• Upper Limb Prosthetics – Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO

• Energy Expenditure and Gait Deviations During Prosthetic Ambulation – Jeffrey Cohen, MD

• Maintenance of Certification Process & Performance Improvement – Adrian Cristian, MD, MHCM

• Geriatric Rehabilitation – Adrian Cristian, MD, MHCM

• Pharmacological Management of Pain – Christopher Gharibo, MD

• Interventional Pain Procedures: Indication, Complications & Technical Aspects – Christopher Gharibo, MD

• Rehabilitation of Patients with Stroke – Ira Rashbaum, MD

• Neurogenic Communication Disorders – Karen L. Riedel, PhD

• Rehabilitation of Children: Spina Bifida and Cerebral Palsy – Joan T. Gold, MD

• Dysphagia – Patricia K. Lerner, MA

• Treatment of Spasticity – Heidi N. Fusco, MD

• Traumatic Brain Injury: Epidemiology, Classification, Early Management – Steven Flanagan, MD

• Pharmacological Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury – Steven Flanagan, MD

• Osteoporosis – Valerie H. Peck, MD

• Rehabilitation of Patients with Burns – Robin B. Silver, BS, OT

• Rehabilitation of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis – Jai Perumal, MD

• Cardiac Rehabilitation – Jonathan H. Whiteson, MD

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Jonathan H. Whiteson, MD

• Cancer Rehabilitation – Michael D. Stubblefield, MD

• Classification & Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury – Adam B. Stein, MD

• Outcomes Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury – Thomas Bryce, MD

• Orthotics – Heikki Uustal, MD

• Principles for PT after Total Joint Replacement – A Surgeon’s Perspective – James Slover, MD

• Principles in Hand Rehabilitation – Francis Lopez, MD, MPH

• Arthritis: Diagnosis & Medical Management – Bruce M. Solitar, MD

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Degenerative Lumbar Spine – Gina A. Ciavarra, MD

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – Jeffrey Cohen, MD

• Industrial Medicine Cumulative Trauma Disorders – Sheila E. Horn, DO

• Sports Injuries: Management & Exercise Prescription – Wayne L. Stokes, MD

• Sports Concussion in Athletes – Brian Im, MD

• Peripheral Neuropathies – Kiril Kiprovski, MD

• Evoked Potentials – Aleksandar Beric, MD, DSc

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Aleksandar Beric, MD, DSc

• Entrapment Syndromes – Jay M. Weiss, MD

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Incorporate evidence-based techniques for performing electrodiagnostic tests into practice
• Incorporate a diagnostic strategy for traumatic brain injury, based on awareness of high incidence
• Apply traditional physiatric care regarding traumatic brain injury for assessment and treatment of the concussed athlete
• Demonstrate knowledge of diagnosis and management of the concussed athlete
• Incorporate best evidence-based clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Incorporate the regulatory changes in PM&R and options for MOC lecture and discussion

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for Senior Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residents physicians preparing for Part I (Written) of the Board Certification Examination; PM&R physicians in their first year of practice preparing for Part II (Oral) of the Board Certificate examination; Practicing PM&R physicians seeking continuing medical education and knowledge update; Practicing PM&R physicians preparing for their ABPM&R maintenance of Certification Examination.