Internship Programs

The hospital is the largest rehabilitation hospital in Israel and includes 12 wards, some 360 hospitalization beds and a comprehensive ambulatory service. The hospital staff includes senior rehabilitation and geriatrics physicians of international renown alongside leading specialists in diverse health professions – physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, rehabilitation psychology, nutrition and diet and more.

The hospital is fully affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University and is engaged in academic training and teaching for medical students in the health professions. The hospital is recognized for internship in rehabilitation and geriatric medicine and is the first medical center in Israel recognized for major internship in medical administration and pain alleviation amongst the rehabilitation and geriatric hospitals.

Hospitalization services: neurological rehabilitation, orthopaedic rehabilitation, brain injuries rehabilitation, respiratory rehabilitation, prolonged ventilation for children and adults, nursing track for children and adults.

Clinic service: rehabilitation ambulatory care, a center for rehabilitation of pain syndromes, sexual therapy and rehabilitation, instrumentation (the Lewis Institute) and the Eating Disorders Treatment Institute.

The Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital Tel Aviv encourages its physicians to be involved in research in the various fields of rehabilitation. Much effort is given to promote activity of the Reuth Institute for Research and Development which operates in the hospital and works together with institutes for research and higher learning in Israel and worldwide and with start up companies and the Israeli biotechnology industry.

The activity of the hospital rests on five main foundations: quality of treatment and service, staff development, academia, research and financial stability.

The “I believe” of the hospital places the patient and his family in the center – recognizing that we treat the individual and not only the illness. The inclusive treatment is mandatory when contending with complex situations in which the patients find themselves and the ramification derived from such on the proximate environment.

The hospital’s vision: “The Reuth Hospital is a leading rehabilitation hospital founded on love of humanity and professional excellence. The Center’s staff is committed to provide top quality and dedicated treatment to the patient and his family, to initiative and innovation, to academic research and teaching and to collaboration with medical and welfare services in the community”.

Residency Program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The period of residency is four years:

Two and a half years in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Three months of Internal Medicine
Three months of Orthopedic Surgery
Three months of Neurology
Three months in one of the following professions: neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery (additional period), psychiatry, neurology (additional period), cardiac rehabilitation, child development, geriatrics, clinical electrophysiology, rheumatology, neuroradiology
6 months of the basic sciences
There are agreements between the Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel Aviv and other hospitals with whom these rotations can be performed.

Residency at “Reuth” – quality, professionalism, humanity

Join in with the routine work in the departments. The admission departments (wards) at “Reuth” are divided by age-bracket, so that the resident will be exposed during the residence period to a wide range of cases including those that are rehabilitative, neurological, orthopedic, chronic pain, head injury and others.
Participate in work at the multi-disciplinary clinics: pain, CRPS, sexual rehabilitation and treatment, day admissions.
They are exposed to a wide range of technologies in rehabilitation medicine.
A dynamic work environment that combines a range of different healthcare professions: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and others.
They acquire the tools required to manage multi-disciplinary teams.
They are exposed to the Institute for the Treatment of Eating Disorders
They benefit from a wide collection of information and the services of a research institute recruited for scientific publications and the academic advancement of the residents.
They obtain personal education and a personalized specialization program. They learn from the best specialists in the country – Prof. Avi Ori, Prof. Jean Jacque Vatin, Prof. Rafi Haruti and other experts in the field of rehabilitation.
They join the quality and multi-disciplinary clinical program dealing with research and academic excellence.
They are exposed to a range of fields: rehabilitation after a brain injury (due to a trauma injury or a stroke), spinal injuries, orthopedic injuries, rehabilitation following illnesses, surgery, accidents
Rehabilitation from pain and sexual rehabilitation – all via organized education provided by the specialist physicians in the different departments.
They take part in conferences in the country.
They gain the option of a rotation in one of the leading rehabilitative hospitals worldwide.
They benefit from a quality working environment that is familial and supportive.
They join a developing professional field and obtain the opportunity for unique long-term professional development.
They participate in specialization in a varied and fascinating field which combines advanced technology with direct contact with the patient.
They participate in research while supported by researchers and research assistants.
They present research projects at conferences in Israel and worldwide.

At the end of the residency program, those who are suitable will be afforded the opportunity to join a range of clinics and to develop innovative technologies in the field of rehabilitative medicine.

The need for rehabilitative medicine is rising exponentially; we invite you to join the medical leadership in rehabilitation!

Advantages to an internship at “Reuth” – a personal program adapted to your fields of interest

The hospital offers interns an elective in Rehabilitation or Geriatrics. Prior to beginning the elective, there is a preparatory meeting with one of our senior physicians to build a personalized program which included each intern’s relevant interests.

The elective includes personal experience in the various fields of Rehabilitative Medicine and/ or Geriatrics:

Working in the departments
Working at the multidisciplinary clinics: pain, CRPS, cannabis, devices, sexual rehabilitation.
Exposure to types of advanced technology in the field of rehabilitation.
Exposure to the work of the healthcare professions: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and others.
Exposure to the Institute for the Treatment of Eating Disorders.

Center for Student Education at the Reuth Rehabilitative Hospital: Prof. Rafi Haruti, Head of the Division for Rehabilitation and Professional Administration of the Clinic for Sexual Rehabilitation and Treatment that he founded. Prof. Haruti also serves as a member of staff at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, lectures in Israel and worldwide, and reviews articles in the leading medical journals abroad on the subject of Rehabilitation and Sexual Health.

Residency Program for Geriatric Medicine

The residency in geriatric medicine can be through one of the following two programs:

A four and a half year residency

Two years of Geriatrics
A year and a half of Internal Medicine
Three months at a geriatric clinic in the community
Three months in one of the following professions: geriatric unit at a general hospital, neurology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, adult psychiatry.
Half a year in the basic sciences.

Program for those with a degree specializing in Internal Medicine or in Family Practice.

A year and nine months in geriatrics
Three months at a geriatric clinic in the community

Residency at “Reuth” – quality, professionalism, humanity During residency, interns:

Join in with the routine work in the departments including rehabilitative geriatrics, complex nursing of invalids and the artificially respirated.
Participate in work at the multi-disciplinary clinics for day admissions.
Are exposed to a wide range of advanced technologies in the field of rehabilitation and geriatrics.
Participate in the work of the different healthcare professions: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and others.
Obtain personal education and a personalized specialization program.
Join the quality and multi-disciplinary clinical program dealing with research and academic excellence.
Are exposed to a range of fields: rehabilitation, recovery after a brain injury (due to a trauma injury or a stroke), spinal injuries, orthopedic injuries, recovery following illnesses, surgery, accidents and pain rehabilitation.
Take part in conferences in the country.
Have the option of a rotation in one of the leading hospitals in the country.
Benefit from a quality working environment that is familial and supportive.
Join a developing professional field and obtain the opportunity for unique long-term professional development.
Participate in a residency in a varied field dealing with geriatric problems, both functional and cognitive, as well as palliative care.
They participate in research while supported by researchers and research assistants.
They present research projects at conferences in Israel and worldwide.

The need for geriatric medicine is rising exponentially; we invite you to join the medical leadership in the field!

Advantages to an internship at “Reuth” – a personal program adapted to your fields of interest

The elective includes personal experience in the various fields of Rehabilitative Medicine and/ or Geriatrics:

Working in the departments
Working at the multidisciplinary clinics: geriatric, pain, CRPS, cannabis, devices, sexual rehabilitation.
Exposure to types of advanced technology in the field of rehabilitation.
Exposure to the work of the healthcare professions: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and others.
Exposure to the Institute for the Treatment of Eating Disorders.