Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Following my Doctoral Education I felt that I had only scraped the surface of the knowledge I needed to truly help my patients transform their lives. My current patient base is primarily in orthopaedics and I felt pursuing residency training was the route that suited me to improve my patient's outcomes.
In addition to an advanced practice curriculum, study of evolving evidence, peer collaboration, and clinical dialogue with Fellowship trained DPT's, I also had the opportunity to receive hours of weekly mentorship discussing and treating patients. All of this helped to rapidly evolve my clinical reasoning and how I manage patient care. Additionally, this helped me to see where I need continued education and other perspectives I would like to explore.
My Story
"The study results suggest that the residency program had a positive influence on the residents’ ability to perform musculoskeletal examination and evaluation and to determine a treatment diagnosis." Cunninham et. al.
Cunningham S, McFelea J. The Influence of an Orthopedic, Manual Therapy Residency Program on Improved Knowledge, Psychomotor Skills, and Clinical Reasoning in Nairobi, Kenya. Front Public Health. 2017;5:55. Published 2017 Mar 20. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2017.00055
"Our data support the conclusion that physical therapists with OCS are more efficient compared with clinicians without OCS." Hart et. al
Hart DL, Dobrzykowski EA. Influence of orthopaedic clinical specialist certification on clinical outcomes. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2000;30(4):183-193. doi:10.2519/jospt.2000.30.4.183
"In general, PTs with specialization performed significantly better than PTMSs (without Specialization) in all three clinical vignettes." Ladeira et. al.
Ladeira CE. Physical therapy clinical specialization and management of red and yellow flags in patients with low back pain in the United States. J Man Manip Ther. 2018;26(2):66-77. doi:10.1080/10669817.2017.1390652
Post Doctoral Study
DPT 801 Advanced Clinical Practice I
DPT 811 Orthopaedic Specialty Practice I
DPT 802 Advanced Clinical Practice II
DPT 812 Orthopaedic Specialty Practice II
DPT 813 Orthopaedic Specialty Practice III
Dry Needling Level 1 -EIM