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CAREER
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
Overview
Salary Median (2023)
$236,000
Projected Job Growth (2023-2033)
+4.3% (slower than the average)
Career
Roadtrip Nation Leaders in This Career
What Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Do
Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
Other Job Titles Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians May Have
MD (Medical Doctor), Medical Director Acute Rehabilitation Unit Physiatrist, Pain Management Physician, Pediatric Physiatrist, Physiatrist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (PM and R Physician), Physician, Rehabilitation Physician
Tasks & Responsibilities May Include
- Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
- Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
- Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
- Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
- Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
Education
Level of Education Attained by Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
Most common level of education among people in
this career: Doctoral degree (55%)
Doctoral degree
Post-doctoral training
Bachelor's degree
Majors Related to Career
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