Impact of a week-long physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkship on rehabilitation knowledge of the 3rd-Year medical students in Singapore

Context: Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR P = 0.001). They fared better in components delving into PM&R work, concepts and roles (7.56 vs. 6.04, P = 0.01), and stroke rehabilitation (2.38 vs. 1.82, P = 0.01). Following clerkship completion, 52% of the students were able to describe PM&R using key rehabilitation concepts/principles, and 76.4% would consider PM&R as their career. Conclusions: The study suggests that a dedicated and structured PM&R clerkship in undergraduate medical curriculum improves PM&R knowledge and awareness among the medical students.