PHYSICAL THERAPY FIRST ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY

GRADUATE OUTCOMES (updated January 2024)

After completing the PTF Orthopaedic Residency program, graduates sit for Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) board examination. Since 2017 100% of residents who have taken OCS board exam have passed (8/8 residents).

Since 2017 the completion rate for residents to graduate the program is 92% (11 out of 12 residents, 1 resident dropped out of the program). After completing the Residency, graduates go on to hold advanced professional leaderships roles including:

• Clinic Director of outpatient physical therapy clinics
• Faculty Mentor in the Residency Program
• Clinical Instructor for DPT students
• Enrolling in post-professional Fellowship programs for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy.

100% of graduates have reported that the Residency program has had a positive impact in their ability to:

• “Diagnose” or determine the nature of the patient’s problem
• Treat patients that would formerly have been very difficult to treat
• Use a logical clinical reasoning process in examination and treatment
• Manage patient care from assessment and treatment to discharge