Academics

Rotation Schedule

Residency training prepares graduates for success in any practice setting, including inpatient, outpatient, consults, and in all locations ranging from academic medicine to private practice. Mary Free Bed physiatry residents are exposed to a multitude of clinical experiences, with the majority of them occurring on our main campus in Grand Rapids.
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Diagnoses

The Mary Free Bed Grand Rapids Campus is home to one of the largest freestanding medical rehabilitation hospitals in the country. Our residents see a wide range of diagnoses.

Residents are paired with attending physicians in a one-to-one training environment, with areas of practice, including:

  • Spinal cord injury
  • Brain injury 
  • Stroke 
  • Medically complex (including the Intensive Medical Rehab Unit)
  • Amputation (with on-site prosthetics workshop)
  • Cancer 
  • Spine Center with Interventional Techniques 
  • Advanced spasticity management including intrathecal baclofen 
    Wheelchair & Adaptive Sports program 

Sample Rotation Schedule

A sample rotation schedule is included below. All residents participate in 13, four-week blocks per academic year. Residents start in their PGY-2 year, beginning with more inpatient experience. As the years progress, there is a transition toward more outpatient experiences. 

Additionally, our residents are able to participate in six total elective blocks, the maximum allowed by the ACGME, to ensure our residents are able to cater their training to their individual interests. Residents are able to return for additional experience in a previously-completed rotation or design their own elective rotation (including research) with faculty assistance.

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PGY-2

PGY-3

PGY-4

Inpatient Brain Injury

Inpatient Cancer Rehab

Medically Complex

Inpatient Brain Injury

Inpatient Cancer Rehab

Outpatient Specialty Physiatry Clinic

Inpatient Medically Complex

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Outpatient Specialty Physiatry Clinic

Inpatient Medically Complex

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 2)

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Sports Medicine (Corewell Health)

Sports Medicine (Corewell Health)

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Senior EMG

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Senior EMG

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Trinity Health Grand Rapids Consults / Senior Teaching

Trinity Health Grand Rapids Neurology

Corewell Health Consults

Outpatient Elective

General Outpatient & Amputee

Wheelchair/O&P**

Elective

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Elective

Elective

Outpatient Chronic Pain Rehabilitation & EMG

Elective

Elective

PGY-2

Inpatient Brain Injury

Inpatient Brain Injury

Inpatient Medically Complex

Inpatient Medically Complex

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Inpatient Stroke & General PM&R

Trinity Health Grand Rapids Neurology

General Outpatient & Amputee

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Outpatient Chronic Pain Rehabilitation & EMG

PGY-3

Inpatient Cancer Rehab

Inpatient Cancer Rehab

Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Sports Medicine (Corewell Health)

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Corewell Health Consults

Wheelchair/O&P**

Elective

Elective

PGY-4

Medically Complex

Outpatient Specialty Physiatry Clinic

Outpatient Specialty Physiatry Clinic

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 1)

Outpatient Musculoskeletal & EMG (Rotation 2)

Sports Medicine (Corewell Health)

Senior EMG

Senior EMG

Trinity Health Grand Rapids Consults / Senior Teaching

Outpatient Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective