How long should we be expecting being potentially sent interview invites and how many programs will send invites late in the year or in 2025?

Hello, I'm a fresh graduate attending AAPMR for the first time. I’m an IMG, and I flew here specifically for this event. As a first-time attendee, I feel quite nervous and am wondering how much I’ll be able to participate as a recent medical school graduate.

I don’t yet have experience in rehabilitation medicine, so looking at the program, it seems like sessions like the ultrasound hands-on workshop might not be for someone at my level.

Since I invested a lot to attend, I’m feeling a bit unsure, especially coming alone—I’m starting to wonder if I should have come at all.

If anyone has experience participating, especially with networking or sessions I might be able to join, I’d be really grateful if you could share.

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Better instagram pages about PM&R?

October has officially ended and I only have 7 PMR interviews….am i cooked? Is there another wave coming these next couple months?

Hello, everyone. I have a quick question regarding the AAPMR. I am a current medical student and was hoping to network with some of the different residencies. I was unsure how the conference schedule works. Is there a designated time for us to meet them? Is that similar to the Job/Fellowship fair?

Hello friends! What anatomy textbook do you recommend? PGY2, need a massive relearning of anatomy. What resources do you recommend? I don't want something too dense, but I do want to learn it well...thanks! :)

Obviously Penn is highly regarded in many fields. Curious as to why they aren’t seen similarly for PM&R. They also claim to have the oldest department of rehabilitation medicine in the U.S.

I have been very blessed to have a great cycle so far. I have already hit what was my target interview number and scheduling others is starting to be a nightmare with my school’s absence policy. Is there a point where I can safely turn down some places I applied to as a back up? I would rather other people get these but also don’t want to do anything prematurely and put myself in a bad position come match day. Thank you

Hello, MS4 applying this cycle wondering if I should go to the conference this year. A majority of my interviews will be scheduled the week after the conference or the second week after, so friends have advised I go so I’m fresh in the minds of attending programs. Only started considering it because I have a rotation in california and can take the few days off :)

I’m not exactly expecting to get more interviews but thought it would be a good way to meet programs that already extended interviews to me. Anyone have advice on how to go about that? This would be my first conference ever so im worried about looking like a lost student lmao 😂 any advice if it’s worth it would be appreciated !! Thanks in advance

A program recently just announced they sent out their last round of interviews. This is a program I signaled and put geographic preference for. I also went to their open house spoke with several residents and told them how interested I am in the program and specific things that excited me about the program. Yet I still didn’t get an interview…. I’m sitting on two interviews rn and honestly just losing hope. I don’t understand what else I could have done. Disclaimer I am by no means a perfect candidate but still what’s the point of programs saying they do a holistic review when in reality it really feels like they don’t…

chuckles nervously

How is the market for Pain Medicine right now? Debating between general vs Pain

Pls rank: pain, spasticity, sports, ISS, TBI, SCI, stroke, EMG/neuromuscular, peds, gen rehab, consults

Ty, feel like there's no transparency around this

I've heard that SUNY Downstate may be going through a downsizing of sorts in the near future? Any word on how this may affect the PM&R residency program there?

Just a point of curiosity. I am applying for PMR this cycle and am wondering when the waves are coming and if there is a different timeline for USIMG compared to the DOs and USMDs.

Setup, outfits, dos & donts, good questions to ask, topics to avoid? TYIA!!

I currently have 5 interviews, but I've been getting a bunch of rejections lately. Two of my interviews are places that I auditioned, one place is somewhere I signaled but did not audition, and two places are in my geo.

I still have 2 auditions left so should currently be 7 interviews if I get no more. The PMR spreadsheet shows many schools have released interviews (even at programs I signaled) and I have heard nothing. Would love to have 10-12 interviews. Any advice is appreciated.

The NRMP showed be at having like a 60% chance of matching but not feeling too confident atm.

I have 2 and I am beginning to think that maybe my year off to care for a family member is being seen as a red flag.. I put “yes” to the year off for academic issues because I had to withdraw from the class to care for them. I know some are going to filter me out because of the yes but I applied to 50 programs. I used a combo of residency explorer and sites like Doximity to determine competitiveness and feel very strongly I applied broadly, but maybe I didn’t. 27 programs have sent out IV and I have received 2 and 1 WL.

255+, P/HP on all clerkships, 3 very high quality publications (one of which is a pub in my rehab specialty), 3 posters, previous work in rehabilitation, my letters are strong. I know because during my first interview they commented on it. but only 1 PMR? Maybe that’s hurting me?

Is it the spreadsheet that is making me neurotic or is my year off screening me out/a red flag? Or is it cause I mentioned wanting to treat pain? I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do that but I also didn’t necessarily mean interventional.

I think the spreadsheet is saying the average IV count is like 7?

Edit: better explanation of how I determined competitiveness

Hey everyone! DO student here w/ no home PM&R program. Just wondering if anyone knows about any late PM&R SubI opportunities or the best way to go about getting one? I have some time in January and am willing to travel literally anywhere!!!

Hi, this is my first time posting on reddit! Sorry if my post is kind of awkward. I am a newbie IMG attending AAPM&R this year, and was wondering if there are any networking tips (or any tips. All advices would be extremely helpful).

+) Unfortunately I won't be at the first attendee meeting, but I am attending other networking events. (party, medical student experience, etc.) If you are coming alone just like me please feel free to DM. I would be glad to meet you there!

+) What should I wear for the party at USS Midway?😅

For example fluoxetine for motor recovery in CVA

Has anyone rotated here and be willing to message me? I have a few specific questions. Thank you.

Long story short, I have yet to shadow a PM&R (I’ve emailed a few already, just haven’t had the foot-in-clinic yet) — however, I think I’ve generally figured out what I want to do (I know it’s early, I’m an M1).

I would really love to become a sports med doc specializing in care for athletes with physical & intellectual disabilities. I would kind of envision this as a private clinic or academic setting (I do like research), having a really accessible clinic in general. It would be a dream to work with Paralympic/special Olympics athletes. I do medical volunteering for sporting events and have made friends with FM-sports med fellows, which is great — but I’m not so interested in the primary care aspect of FM.

That being said — I’ve bounced around a lot but sports med has been one that has stuck a while longer than others. I have shadowed and considered ortho (love it) but because of my interested in disability healthcare (to include intellectual disabilities) I feel like PM&R may be a better fit?

I’m curious what you all think, if this sounds reasonable to people in the field. I’ll take these responses but also will continue asking the doctors I can shadow for more input.

For those of you not doing fellowship and going straight into practice, how are you taking interview days in your residency program? Most of the time I am just getting an invite for a 1 hour phone call interview... are you guys taking a full interview day for that/allowed to do that?

Hey everyone, I'm a 4th year med student getting ready to start my interviews for PM&R residencies. After doing a few away rotations, I've realized that I have a strong interest in neurorehab, particularly in SCI and TBI. I know that some programs offer more in-depth training in neurorehab than others, and I’ve been told that some ways to gauge a program’s emphasis is by checking if they have associated fellowships and looking into where their faculty trained.

Aside from that, what kinds of questions should I be asking during interviews to figure out how strong their neurorehab education is? Are there other tell-tale signs I should look for on their websites? I really want to make sure I'm choosing a program with solid training in this area.

Thanks so much for any advice, I appreciate you guys!

Hi guys! Meant to see good PMR decks for boards***

Getting a bit stressed about boards and was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to share any helpful PMR decks, esp if you have a high yield Cucc book deck! I tried to download one off of Anki but for some reason it doesn't load into my anki decks, not sure if I just suck at transferring it from anki web to decks!

THANK YOU!!!!

Any advice on letter of interest? Format, as well as timing during this cycle? What are other applicants doing?