Evidence Based Research: Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women

The Agency for Health Research and Quality has online evidence based research on Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal women: Diagnosis and Monitoring. (click on title to go to link)

The report explains in detail and summarizes in the conclusion section the evidence related to diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.

Please share the report to all the training institutions' Fellows, Diplomates and trainees.

If you find any other reliable source of research or reports that are relevant to the upliftment of the Philippine PM&R profession please email us which is found below the blogsite.

PBRM and Training Institution Meeting: A Success!!

The PBRM together with the representatives of all rehabilitation training institutions and previous board members has successfully concluded the meeting (Feb. 17, 2006) regarding board examination and accreditation guidelines.



Other pictures are found here.
The Diplomates/Fellows who attended the meeting are the following:
1. Dr. Arnel Malaya
2. Dr. Angela Garcia
3. Dr. Victoria Morales
4. Dr. Svetlana Aycardo
5. Dr. Edmund Martinez
6. Dr. Ricardo Agbayani
7. Dr. Rafaelita Javier
8. Dr. Tonet Gabua
9. Dr. Ma. Theresa de Leon
10. Dr. Willy Gervacio
11. Dr. Ramon Herradura
12. Dr. Jose Bonifacio Rafanan
13. Dr. Editha Dizon
14. Dr. Lally Beredo

The guidelines that are agreed upon will be formally given to all training institutions for their reference.
The meeting was held at Mario's Restaurant Tomas Morato.

The PBRM would like to thank Sanofi-Aventis for supporting our continued upliftment of quality training.
Dr. Benedict Valdecañas presented a short topic on the company's product Orudis EC during Dinner.

The PBRM would also like to thank all the representatives from the training institutions (POC, UST, UP-PGH, Veterans) and the previous board of governors who attended to finalize previous issues.

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NOTICE: Rehab Training Institution General Meeting on Accreditation Guidelines

The PBRM would like to inform all training institutions: (in no particular order)
1. UP-PGH
2. Philippine Orthopedic Center
3. UST
4. Veterans Hospital

There will be a PBRM general meeting of all Chairperson and/or Representative(s) on February 17, 2006 (Friday) in Mario's Resto, Tomas Morato. Meeting will start at 3 PM and Dinner will be served by 7 PM with Dinner Symposium c/o Sanofi Aventis.

The meeting will discuss on the accreditation guidelines and issues.
Letter of notice was already sent to all institutions. If you have not received the notice please inform Dr. Victoria Morales.

Please forward this message to all concerned.

Thank you.

PARM Research Papers in Annual Convention

In behalf of the Research Committee of the Annual PARM convention in Tagaytay Highlands, the PBRM blog would like to post the following papers to be presented.
This will be done on the First Day Lunchtime Feb. 22, 2006.

The PBRM would like to encourage all Diplomates, Fellows and Associates to support the paper presentation by attending the lunch event.

The papers for oral presentation (in no specific order)

1. Cognitive FIM Instrument: Relation to Functional Outcome in First Episode Stroke Patients
2. Comparative Study of the Effects of 3 Rehydrating Solutions in the Aerobic Endurance of UST College Students
3. The Validity of Unipedal Stance Testing in Diagnosing Peripheral Neuropathy of the Lower Extremities
4. Quality of Life among Stroke Caregivers in a Tertiary Government Hospital
5. Identification of Risk Factors for Fall among Filipino Elderly Persons in a Nursing Home Facility and Patients in the Out-patient Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Metro Manila: a Prospective Study
6. A Study on the Effects of Videoke Singing as the Mode of Breathing Retraining in Patients with Low Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
7. Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Chemotherapy- STOP TB Patient Kit on Pott’s Disease

The papers for poster presentation (in no specific order)

1. Factors Affecting Motivation of Stroke Patients in Joining Support Groups among
Stroke Patients in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine UP-PGH
2. Diabetic Mononeuropathy involving the Sciatic Nerve
3. Correlation between developments in trunk control and functional improvement in stroke patients: a single case study
4. Validation of Tinel’s Test Using EMG-NCV as Gold Standard for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in UST Patients

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AAPMR SAE 2005 available online

For everyones information (FYI).
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has published online the Self Assessment Exam for Residents at their website. (click on the title above to go to the link).


This can serve as a reviewer for residents and examinees taking the specialty board.
It is in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader or any program that reads pdf in order to view this.

Disclaimer: This blog notice is posted as a public service to add as one of the references for review and serve as cross reference on the materials suggested by the AAPMR.

posted by: Dr. Edmund Martinez, DPBRM, FPARM, MBAH