ISPRM Disaster Rehabilitation Committee (DRC) Annual Meeting 2021
The ISPRM Disaster Rehabilitation Committee (DRC) Annual Meeting 2021 was held virtually on 7th October 2021, 9:00 – 10:00 pm (Australia EST). This session followed…
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ISPRM at the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific
ISPRM has submitted statements to agenda items 14.2, 14.4 and 10 of the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee Meeting (RCM) for the Western…
Living The Pandemic During Residency – A Short Mental Health Survey
Written by: Dra. Constanza Leal, Universidad de Chile, Country Ambassador Chile WYF-ISPRM In March 2020, the first case of SARS-CoV2 infection was detected in Chile. This…
A Successful PRM International Rotations Story
Dr Catherine Velasquez on her Journey to become a PRM Doctor Abroad. Catherine Velasquez, MD: I am a foreign medical graduate from Peru and successfully matched into…
Newly Published JISPRM Research about Residents in the Americas
ISPRM has published a cross sectional study about the impact of COVID19 Pandemic in the PMR Residencies of 14 countries in the Americas. This study…
Introducing the ISPRM’s Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems Committee (SRHC)
Globally, there is an increase in the ageing and non-communicable disease population as well as consequences of injuries. These result in limitations in the everyday…
Interview with Dr. Luz Helena Lugo-Agudelo: ISPRM 2021 Awards
Luz Helena Lugo- Agudelo MD PM&R, is a Professor at Antioquia University in Colombia. She was awarded the ISPRM 2021 Senior Distinguished Researcher Award (see…
The Association of Academic Physiatrist’s Annual Meeting – Call for Abstracts!
The Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), an ISPRM National Society is proud to again partner with the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM),…
TANEZUMAB VERSUS NSAIDS FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS
Article of the month by Dr David Burke Tanezumab is a neurotrophin nerve growth factor (NGF) monoclonal antibody created as an alternative to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory…
The National Physiatry Day Activity in The Philippines
The Philippines celebrates on July 17th, their ”National Physiatry Day ”. This was declared by their President, who will speak at the online event along…