Abstract
Physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) is an
important specialty in modern health care system,
especially in the developed countries. The focus of
the specialty revolves around achievement of
maximum functional potential of patients with
impairments and disabilities. It improves the quality
of life of the patients as well as the care givers by
decreasing their burden. Professionals working in
physical medicine and rehabilitation deal the
patients with disability to reduce the impact of their
disease or disability on their daily life, to prevent
avoidable complications and to minimize the effects
of changing disability. 1 PRM is an excellent example
of inter disciplinary and multi disciplinary team
approach towards total patient care that goes
beyond the hospital settings and helps them to re
integrate back in the society. The specialty works as a
collaborative team at tertiary care rehabilitation
settings where physiatrists act as team leaders and
managers to achieve specific goals. The PRM team
include rehabilitation medicine physician, physical
therapist, speech and language therapist,
occupational therapist, psychologist, prosthetist and
orthotist, Rehab nurses, Rehab engineers and social
workers.
Rehabilitation medicine physicians, also called
Physiatrists are medical doctors having post
graduate qualification and specialty training in PMR.
In Pakistan the highest qualification in PMR is
fellowship of college of physicians and surgeons of
Pakistan (FCPS). They specialize in disability
management by diagnosing and treating medical
conditions, physical assessment of the impairments
and disabilities, setting of rehabilitation goals, and
Correspondence:
Nasir Mansoor Sahibzada, Syed Shakil-ur-Rehman. (2015) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education — Past, Present and Future, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-10, Issue-1.
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