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A call for action: Increasing the pediatric rehabilitation medicine workforce
September 2023 • Margaret A. Turk, Bruce M. Gans, Heakyung Kim, Katharine E. Alter
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is a unique blend of traditional medical rehabilitation knowledge and skills primarily focused on temporary and/or permanent disability conditions of childhood onset throughout the age continuum, with an emphasis on promoting function and participation. Although there are two established pathways to enhance knowledge and skills in PRM, one a combined residency with Pediatrics and the other a PRM fellowship, there has been a relative decline in participants in this training, …