Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency in Saudi Arabia
Helping people regain function after injury, stroke, spinal cord injury or chronic pain.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 68.2%. Training length: 4 years.
Rotations during residency
- Internal medicine
- Rehabilitation (general)
- Orthopedics
- Spine
- Spinal cord injury
- Neurosurgery
- Neurology (adult)
- Psychiatry
- Pediatric rehabilitation
- Brain injury
- EMG and nerve conduction
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Musculoskeletal and pain
- Selective and elective rotations (about 4 months)
Schedule overview
- Year 1: Internal medicine, orthopedics, neurology, rehabilitation basics
- Year 2 to 3: Spine, spinal cord injury, brain injury, pediatric rehabilitation, EMG, orthotics and prosthetics
- Year 4: Pain, musculoskeletal, selective and elective rotations (about 4 months)
Most common encounters
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Spinal cord injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Back and neck pain
- Amputees and prosthetics
- Rehabilitation after fractures and joint replacement
- Chronic pain
- Sports injuries
- Neuromuscular disease
Most common procedures
- EMG and nerve conduction studies
- Joint and soft-tissue injections
- Ultrasound-guided injections
- Botulinum toxin for spasticity
- Nerve blocks
- Prescribing orthoses and prostheses
Fellowships after residency
- Spinal cord injury (1 year)
- Brain injury (1 year)
- Pediatric rehabilitation (1 year)
- Sports and musculoskeletal medicine (1 year)
- Pain medicine (1 year)
- Stroke rehabilitation (1 year)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Riyadh: 2026 67.6%, 2025 71.7%
- Taif: 2026 68.2%, 2025 73.3%
- Dammam: 2026 72.0%, 2025 76.5%
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