June 2020

                                       PM&R Education Today

The effects of COVID-19 on Education: A Surge rotation schedule, didactics delivered virtually, and residents spending much of their time self-studying from the comfort of their own home and Zoom. A word that now has a different meaning. Zoom happy hours are enabling us to all feel connected even while apart.

Recruitment will also be entirely virtual with The Coalition for Physician Accountability releasing recommendation for the Class of 2021. ERAS residency match timeline is pushed back – opening October 21 for programs to begin reviewing applications with Match Day remaining March 2021. The residency leadership team is devising a plan to optimize the virtual recruitment experience. Dr. Goodfriend is developing a project in conjunction with her involvement in the Association of Academic Physiatrist's PALS program centered around the virtual recruitment process.

“Education is not telling students what you know; it's about engaging students, so they realize what they need to know and inspiring them to go and learn it. If you simply tell someone a fact, you help them learn one thing. But if you inspire them to learn, they continue to do that long after your encounter has concluded.”

-  William Hueston, MD, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, Associate Provost for Education

Congratulations to our PG4 residents and Spasticity fellows, Dr. Durand and Meghann Systma for an outstanding research day on May 20. Definitely memorable! 

-  Dr. Nicholas Wilcox on "Utilization of Steroid Injection Procedures Before and After the 2016 CDC
   Opioid Guidelines"
-  Dr. Jacob Pfeiffer on "Intrathecal Baclofen Dosing Regimens in Patients with TBI, CVA, SCI, MS,
   CP: A Retrospective Chart Review"
-  Dr. Megan Jozwiak on "Diagnosing Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction with Provocative Maneuvers: Can
   it be Done Efficiently?"
-  Dr. Andrea Cyr on "Prevalence of Lateral Epicondylosis in Veteran Manual Wheelchair - Users
   Participating in Adaptive Sports"
-  Dr. Erin Beddows on "Botulinum Toxin A for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral
   Neuropathy"
-  Dr. Bridget Walker on "Connecting the Dots on Spasticity" 
-  Dr. Kyle Ryan on "Revised Ashworth-Tardieu Scale (RATS) for Spasticity: Methods and Reliability
   of a Proposed New Spasticity Scale"

Congratulations to our PM&R Graduates!

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents

Erin Beddows, MD – Assistant Professor PM&R at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
Andrea Cyr, MD – Sports Medicine Fellowship at UIC
Ryan Dunn, DO – Sports Medicine Fellowship at Utah
Meagan Jozwiak, MD – Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of Minnesota
Jacob Pfeiffer, DO, MPH – Interventional Spine Fellowship, San Diego, CA, then Sports Medicine Fellowship at MCW
Nick Wilcox, MD – Neurorehabilitation and Spasticity Fellowship at MCW

Comprehensive Neurorehabilitation and Spasticity Management Fellows

Kyle Ryan, MD – Director of the Adult Spasticity Rehabilitation program of the Southern Family Cerebral Palsy Center at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego; Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Diego.

Bridget Walker, MD – Inpatient Physiatrist, Golisano Restorative Neurology & Rehabilitation Center - Unity Hospital, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY

Congratulations to Drs. Ball and Connelly for graduating from the MCW Kern Institute Kinetic3 Program on June 3.

• Dr. Ball's project is on the "Creation of a Learning Activity to Better Understand the Structure and Function of Brachial Plexus"
• Dr. Connelly's project title is: "Confidence and Ethics in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Among PM&R Residents"

Congratulations Drs. Andrea Cyr and Nick Donohue as recipients of the MCWAH Research and Quality Improvement Award. Each year 20 awards are given to MCWAH housestaff, and as a relatively small department, we are able to nominate two residents annually. To be eligible, the nominee must have presented their research at a conference or published their research as a peer-reviewed manuscript in the previous year. These awards are highly competitive, so cheers Andrea and Nick!

Also, special thanks to their research mentors, Drs. Ken Lee and Hong Wu, for their mentorship on these successful research projects. The titles of Andrea and Nick’s projects were, respectively:

"Prevalence of Lateral Epicondylitis in Manual Wheelchair-Users Participating in Adaptive Sports"

"Comparing pain relief and functional improvement between methylprednisolone and dexamethasone lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections: a self-controlled study."

Kudos to Dr. Sauter, Sue Abrahms and Medical Student Committee for leading an outstanding medical student program. 

We would also like to congratulate the following MCW students who matched into PM&R!

Michael Acosta; Prelim – Broadlawns Med Ctr IA; Residency - MCW
Eric Bobel; Transitional – Gundersen Lutheran Med; Residency - MCW
Ashton Fitzgerald; Transitional – Aurora St. Luke’s; Residency - CO
Crystal Graff; Prelim – MCW Med; Residency - CO
VandeWater, Trenton; Prelim – St Joseph; Residency - MCW
Wright, Michael; Categorical – Barnes-Jewish Hospital - MO  

Have news to share with your PM&R colleagues? We would love to hear from you for our next issue, so please email any recent publications, awards, presentations, shout-outs, etc. to Beatriz Envila at benvila@mcw.edu.

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