The Sixth Edition: Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program (SDPEP) 2007

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• The sixth edition
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright

THE SELF-DIRECTED PHYSIATRIC Education Program Study Guide and Self-Assessment Examination for Practitioners (SAE-P) contained in this supplemental issue of the Archives are part of the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R). On matters of physiatric practice, the opinions expressed are those of the individual authors.

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The sixth edition 

This Medical Education Issue comprises the fifth and sixth installments of the Sixth Edition Study Guide. The Sixth Edition Study Guide continues the process of the previous editions of presenting information on advances in the rehabilitation sciences with particular focus on updated clinical considerations. Based on feedback from practicing physiatrists using the Study Guide, the faculty committees have expanded the useful text by formulating learning objectives that exemplify many of the dilemmas faced in clinical physiatric practice. The authors have emphasized issues such as aging with disability and functional outcome measures in recognition of the current realities facing physiatric practitioners. Moreover, it is realized the Study Guides may be used as a mechanism to fulfill the Lifelong-Learning and Self-Assessment component for the Maintenance of Certification program of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. If used to fulfill this component, several competencies should be able to be met including medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice.

Learners will find information on electrodiagnosis, therapeutic modalities, orthotics and prosthetics, and age-related issues throughout the topics presented in the Sixth Edition of the Study Guide. The Sixth Edition reflects the scope of practice of physical medicine and rehabilitation, while maintaining a publishing cycle that allows the learner to remain current. The Sixth Edition will address the following topics:

2005.•Neuromuscular Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnosis•Rehabilitation of Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Disorders

2006.•Limb Deficiency and Prosthetic Management•Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Cancer Rehabilitation

2007.•Industrial Medicine and Acute Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation•Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

2008.•Congenital and Acquired Brain Injury•Interventions in Chronic Pain Management

2009.•Rehabilitation of Stroke and Neurodegenerative Disorders•Sports and Performing Arts Medicine

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Acknowledgments 

The Study Guide Subcommittee wishes to acknowledge the commitment of the two faculty committees represented in this issue. Chaired by Patrick M. Foye, MD (Industrial Medicine and Acute Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation), and Steven C. Kirshblum, MD (Spinal Cord Injury Medicine), the faculty committees approached this voluntary scholarly endeavor with enthusiasm and dedication to produce the best possible product for their peers. Thanks also go to Venu Akuthota, MD, Brian M. Kelly, DO, Thomas S. Kiser, MD, MPH, Theresa J. Lie-Nemeth, MD, Virginia S. Nelson, MD, MPH, Amy H. Phelan, MD, DVM, Jeffrey Rosenbluth, MD, and Vivian C. Shih, MD, who served as Self-Assessment Examination Subcommittee liaisons and authored the SAE-P questions associated with the study guide articles.

The Study Guide Subcommittee would like to thank the members of the AAPM&R Medical Education Committee, chaired by Steve R. Geiringer, MD, for their ongoing interest in and support of this annual project. Thanks also to Cheryl L. Wilder, ELS, for her continued editorial guidance.

I would personally like to thank the four other members of the Study Guide Subcommittee, Stuart J. Glassman, MD, Robert J. Kaplan, MD, Ira G. Rashbaum, MD, and William C. Walker, MD, for their hard work and dedication to this process.