Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University-TJUH Program

Program Identity & Fit

Jefferson's PM&R residency is a university-based academic program built around an unusually deep and diverse consortium of Delaware Valley rehabilitation sites, spanning TJUH, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital (spinal cord and brain injury), Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation, Nemours Children's Hospital (pediatric rehab), Moss Rehabilitation, and Rothman Orthopaedics' multi-site musculoskeletal, sports medicine, interventional spine, and electrodiagnostic clinics. This structure gives residents graduated exposure across inpatient spinal cord injury/brain injury/stroke care, pediatric rehabilitation, and a heavy outpatient musculoskeletal/sports/procedural track through Rothman, rather than concentrating training in a single hospital model. The program explicitly names education and diversity of thought/career outcomes as core aims, emphasizing formal training in teaching (workshops, gross anatomy dissection, bedside teaching, an annual faculty-led anatomy course) and stating a goal of producing physiatrists who go on to varied fields and practice settings rather than a single funneled career path. A combined PM&R/Pediatrics pathway with Nemours further signals investment in subspecialized, non-standard trajectories.