The Impact of Introducing a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Trauma Consultation Service to an Academic Level 1

Lawrence R Robinson1, Alan K H Tam, Shannon L MacDonald

  • 1From the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (LRR); Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AKHT); Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (SLM); St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (EYH); Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DB); Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (BGC); and Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (HT).

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