Rehabilitation Medicine Gold
A free weekly email for doctors looking to deepen their understanding of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Five-minute insights from Dr Nathan Johns, a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician, clinician-researcher and educator.
Emails focus on developing conceptual frameworks, clinical reasoning, maximising performance, professional development and leadership.
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Past Issues
Issue #1: The Real Role of the Rehabilitation Medicine Doctor
Why your job in subacute medicine is more than what you think it is
Introduces the core purpose of rehabilitation medicine and clarifies the clinical and educational roles of the rehabilitation doctor. The issue explains how the physician’s primary role is to keep patients medically stable and psychologically supported so they can participate fully in rehabilitation therapy.
Issue # 2: A Framework for Thinking in Rehabilitation Medicine
A structured framework for organising the complex problems encountered in rehabilitation medicine using biopsychosocial domains such as medical, physical, functional, psychological and social factors. This issue explains how structured thinking helps clinicians move beyond listing problems to designing coordinated recovery plans.
Issue 3 – How Rehabilitation Actually Improves Function
Why patients recover faster than physiology should allow
Explains why functional recovery on rehabilitation wards often occurs faster than physiological adaptation alone would predict. This issue explores how improvements in confidence, task performance, environment and coordinated multidisciplinary care drive early functional gains.
Issue #4: Mastering the Rehabilitation Ward Round
The simplest way to understand every patient in seconds
A simple framework for structuring rehabilitation ward rounds by classifying patients as improving, the same, or declining. This issue explains how this approach clarifies patient trajectory, improves team communication and helps guide discharge planning.
Email content reflects the clinical experience and academic work of Dr Nathan Johns and the views expressed are independent from any employment, academic or organisational affiliations.
