Appendix 1: Survey Questions
Q1. How many residents are in your current PGY-4 class including
yourself?
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1-3
4-6
6+
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0 months
1 months
2 months
3 months
4 months
5 months
6+ months
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Y
N
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Y
N
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Y
N
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Spine (private practice or academic, non-ACGME
accredited)
Pain (Non-ACGME accredited and ACGME
accredited)
Sports Medicine (Non-ACGME accredited and
ACGME accredited)
Other _________________________________
Not applicable
Comment:
Q2. Not including didactics or electives, how many months total do you
have required and dedicated rotations in musculoskeletal (MSK)/
Spine/Pain/Sports clinics?
Comment:
Q3. Do you feel that the majority of residents in your PM&R program
would say that the amount of time allotted by your residency program
for required (not elective) MSK/Spine/Sports/Pain rotations is
adequate?
Comment:
Q4. Do you feel that the majority of residents graduating from your
program without an additional fellowship would feel comfortable
practicing in a non-interventional MSK/Spine related job?
Comment:
Q5. Are you personally planning on pursuing a fellowship?
Comment:
Q5a. If you answered “Yes” to question 5, what type of fellowship
would be your fellowship of choice?
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Comment:
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Appendix 2: Additional Comments Made by Respondents
Selected Comments Made By Chief Residents
 “6 months msk, + 3 months of electives which residents often use for pain rotation or
sports medicine as we do not have these rotations built in”
 “Our program has integrated MSK/Spine/Sports clinic, but we have only one 3-month
dedicated interventional rotation”
 “Rotation was mostly interventional spine”
 “Limited MSK. No sports. All spine.”
 “We do not have pain and sports medicine formal rotations”
 “It is mostly med mgmt (medication management) and minimal procedures”
 “I think most residents interested in inpatient physiatry are happy with 4 months, but the
MSK residents just choose additional electives”