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Hallmarks of Excellence
Rutgers Health-NJMS PM&R Residency Program Highlights
Quality of Trainees
- 100% of our residency positions are filled each year
- ~55 applications received for each residency position available
- Our residents consistently win national and local awards while in training
- 9 national Earl Elkins Awards (highest score in U.S. on board exam Part I)
- 6 national Ernest Bors Awards (best research article in J Spinal Cord Med )
- 5 elected to Assn. of Amer. Med. Colleges' Organization of Resident Representatives
- 6 elected to Alpha Omega Alpha while in residency
- 3 winners of Young Investigator Award, American Academy Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Our current pass rate for Part I of the PM&R board exam is 98% over the past 5 years; this compares with a national first-time pass rate on the Part I exam of only 87%
- 90% of graduates pursued fellowships in past 5 years
Quality of Training Programs
- Full Continued Accredited PM&R residency program with NO citations
- Full Continued Accredited Spinal Cord Injury Medicine fellowship
- Full Continued Accredited Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
- Full Continued Accredited Brain Injury Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
- Fellowship opportunities are among the most extensive offerings in the U.S. including Cancer Rehabilitation, SCI, TBI, Pediatric Rehabilitation, MSK
- Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (primary teaching affiliate) voted 4th best rehabilitation hospital in U.S. (U.S. News and World Report, yearly)
- Mandatory medical student clerkship + 10 electives offered at 7 clinical sites
- Mandatory resident research course + research project
Quality of Research
- 574 total publications over past 5 years
- 32 faculty publications in field of medical education
- Designated by National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research as a Spinal Cord Injury Model System and a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Grant funding per year: approximately $14 million
Quality of Faculty
- Extensive faculty involvement in all 4 years of NJMS: teaching, curriculum development, admissions, alumni affairs
- National presence on leading medical policy organizations: AAP, ABPMR, AAPMR, AMPRA as well as others
**Please note that all residency positions are offered through the NRMP**