Orthopeadics is a broad category within the profession of physical therapy, and while many physical therapists work on some level with people with orthopaedic conditions or injuries, some choose to specialize in the discipline. For physical therapists who wish to develop expertise in orthopaedics, the UIndy Krannert School of Physical Therapy in partnership with Body One Physical Therapy has developed an Orthopaedic Clinical Residency Program.
The orthopaedic residency is designed to prepare graduates of the program for expert practice and leadership roles within the PT profession. The program welcomes applications from licensed (or license-eligible) physical therapists who have strong skills in clinical reasoning and application of manual exam and treatment procedures.
“Our goal is to help these professional become independent, self-motivated learners who can integrate a variety of learning experiences associated with orthopaedic medicine,” said Emily Slaven, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, CertMDT, faculty coordinator of the UIndy Orthopaedic Clinical Residency Program. “We expect graduates of this residency to not only treat orthopaedic conditions expertly, but also to effectively teach patients, families, students and peers about these conditions and their treatments.”
“What’s more,” Slaven said, “we anticipate that these professionals will assume leadership roles within the profession of orthopaedic physical therapy.”
Clinicians accepted into the program will spend 35 hours each week on clinical work and instruction at Body One Physical Therapy and 8 hours on the UIndy campus as a teaching assistant in the musculoskeletal series of Doctor of Physical Therapy classes. The orthopaedic resident will also complete post professional classes in topics relating to medical screening and differential diagnosis, along with a supervised teaching practicum.
UIndy’s Orthopaedic Clinical Residency Program runs August through May.
Applications for the program must be submitted by March 1, 2014.
For more information on the curriculum, schedule, salary and tuition, please click here.