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Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Physiatry: An Environmental Scan
David C Morgenroth1, Tiffany Knowlton, Susan Apkon
1From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (DCM); Rehabilitation Care Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington (DCM); Association of Academic Physiatrists, Owing Mills, Maryland (TK); Department of PM&R, Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado (SA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts (CAB); Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (ASB); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (CCV); Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico (WF); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (SLH); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (PJ); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas (PAL); H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (PAL); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York (AM); University of California, Irvine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orange, California (D. Perret); University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Birmingham, Alabama (D. Powell); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota (MP); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee (WER); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical System, Nashville, Tennessee (WER); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (GS); UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (GS); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (MV-G); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (PAC).
Abstract:
Environmental scans determine trends in an organization's or field's internal and external environment. The results can help shape goals, inform strategic decision making, and direct future actions. The Association of Academic Physiatrists convened a strategic planning group in 2020, composed of physiatrists representing a diversity of professional roles, career stages, race and ethnicity, gender, disability status, and geographic areas of practice. This strategic planning group performed an environmental scan to assess the forces, trends, challenges, and opportunities affecting both the Association of Academic Physiatrists and the entire field of academic physiatry (also known as physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical and rehabilitation medicine, and rehabilitation medicine). This article presents aspects of the environmental scan thought to be most pertinent to the field of academic physiatry organized within the following five themes: (1) Macro/Societal Trends, (2) Technological Advancements, (3) Diversity and Global Outreach, (4) Economy, and (5) Education/Learning Environment. The challenges and opportunities presented here can provide a roadmap for the field to thrive within the complex and evolving healthcare systems in the United States and globally.
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