About Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency

WHAT IS A "RESIDENCY"?

The American Physical Therapy Association describes clinical residencies as follows:

"A clinical residency is a planned program of post-professional clinical and didactic education for physical therapists that is designed to significantly advance the physical therapist resident's preparation as a provider of patient care services in a defined area of clinical practice. It is designed to substantially advance a resident's expertise in examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and management of patients in a defined area of clinical practice (specialty). Often, the residency experience prepares an individual to become a board-certified clinical specialist."

WHY A TOURO COLLEGE ORTHOPEDIC RESIDENCY?

The Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency program at Touro College is geared to the working professional and is delivered by an institution that has long maintained a high standard of excellence in advanced orthopedic physical therapy education.
The program features:

• Flexible delivery of instruction. Clinical courses may be presented condensed into two 2-week modules offered at the Bay Shore campus, augmented by online learning, or the same clinical courses may be made available at more convenient locations across the country.
• Clinical mentoring provided in a distance-learning format while you remain at your present place of employment.
• Wide selection of supervised clinical residencies that involve 150 hours of guided clinical practice with expert clinicians at facilities located throughout the country.