Physician: Physical Medicine and Rehab - Wheaton, IL
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This is moonlighting on an hourly rate. What are you looking for from it?
What they are checking: Honest fit with an arrangement the posting states plainly.
The posting mentions possible weekend call covering Marianjoy and Central DuPage as well. How does that suit you?
What they are checking: Honest fit with a call rotation across sites that the posting flags as possible.
How do you work with therapy staff whose assessment differs from yours?
What they are checking: Whether they use the team or overrule it.
What would you do
How do you write a consult note that the primary team will actually act on?
What they are checking: The practical measure of whether a consult was worth anything.
How do you set expectations with a family about what recovery will look like?
What they are checking: Honesty without taking away their reason to work.
How do you keep a consult service moving when you are covering intermittently?
What they are checking: Continuity, which is the weak point of moonlight coverage.
About the work
Tell me about your inpatient rehabilitation consult experience.
What they are checking: The posting is specifically consults on inpatients, not a rehab unit practice.
Walk me through a consult on a patient a few days after a stroke.
What they are checking: The commonest consult, and where the recommendation shapes the whole discharge.
How do you decide whether a patient is a candidate for inpatient rehabilitation?
What they are checking: The decision the consult exists to make, and one with real consequences either way.
Tell me about where you are with board certification.
What they are checking: The posting says board eligible or certified, so this confirms it plainly.
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