Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is a unique blend of traditional medical rehabilitation knowledge and skills primarily focused on temporary and/or permanent disability conditions of childhood onset throughout the age continuum, with an emphasis on promoting function and participation. Although there are two established pathways to enhance knowledge and skills in PRM, one a combined residency with Pediatrics and the other a PRM fellowship, there has been a relative decline in participants in this training, as has been seen across other subspecialties in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and other medical specialties. Based on pediatric rehabilitation physician surveys and the increasing prevalence of children with disabilities, there has been a call to consider opening PRM fellowships to physicians not trained in PM&R. This commentary proposes establishing a commission to lead a transparent and inclusive process to assure that all options to address issues related to optimizing PRM care are considered and provide a course of action to address the needs of children and adults with childhood onset disabilities.
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