Resident Rotation Schedule
Depicted below is the resident rotation schedule per postgraduate year. Please see the legend below the table for a description of clinical activities associated with the rotation type. You will notice that resident exposure to particular subspecialty areas including electrodiagnosis is intentionally spread longitudinally across PGY 2-4. The rationale for this distribution is to facilitate spaced repetition of exposure to subspecialty areas with the expectation that with expanding medical knowledge in each PGY year, residents will be better able to synthesize information at a higher level and command mastery of the subject area. Research time is scheduled throughout the outpatient clinic rotations.
Rotation Descriptions
Ward | Inpatient management of acute rehab patients at UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital |
Consults | Inpatient consultation for physiatry management/inpatient rehab candidacy at UC Davis Medical Center |
Peds | Inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehab medicine at Shriners Children's Northern California |
VA | VA clinics (Pain, Flouro, EMG, Ultrasound) at Sacramento VA Medical Center |
R4/R3 | UC Davis outpatient clinics (EMG, Spine, Sports, VA continuity clinic) |
R3M/R2M | UC Davis outpatient clinics (EMG, Spine, Sports) |
R3R/R2R | UC Davis outpatient clinics (Amputee, EMG, General Rehab, NMD, SCI, TBI) |
CC (Clinic Chief) | UC Davis outpatient clinics (Amputee, General Rehab, NMD, SCI, TBI, VA continuity clinic) |
E4 (Elective) | Month-long elective rotation for PGY4s, can be off-site |
S4/S3 (Selective) | Month-long selective rotation for PGY3s and PGY4s, must be at UC Davis or affiliate sites (Shriners, VA, Kaiser) |
Research | Research time spread throughout PGY2-4 years on outpatient rotations |