DESCRIPTION
The mission of the Therapy Partners Group (formerly Bodycentral Physical Therapy) Sports Residency program is to provide professional development opportunities for physical therapists to receive board certification in the area of Sports Physical Therapy. This will be attained through independent study, didactic education, participation in research, and mentorship.
The program will encourage the development and enhancement of advanced manual therapy skills, the evidence-based rationale for treatments, and clinical reasoning to allow the resident to evaluate and treat athletes – both weekend warriors and professionals and everything in between.
The graduate of the program will be an ongoing resource for the Bodycentral Physical Therapy staff and the Tucson community at large.
GOALS
• Provide residents with advanced training in the area of sports rehabilitation according to the Sports Physical Therapy Description of Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Allow mentors to enhance their expertise through focused and planned instruction with the resident.
• Facilitate critical appraisal of research in the fields of Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine.
• Produce clinicians, mentors, and educators to assume leadership roles in Sports Physical Therapy.
• Foster involvement in community outreach and educational programs.
• Produce clinicians that effectively communicate in an interdisciplinary health care team.
• Provide opportunities to develop teaching and mentoring skills.
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LOCATIONS
The Sports Residency currently has approved sites in Tucson, Arizona.
Each year the sports physical therapy residency is anticipated to have additional sites. Please make sure to contact us for specific locations.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Sports Residents are in the clinic approximately 32 hours per week. Mentoring is included in those 30 hours (about 4 hours per week). Each resident will also have didactic time built into the schedule to work on article review, MedBridge courses, research, clinic shadowing with MDs, surgery observation, or be in the training room. One morning per week and one afternoon per week are allotted for this. The weekly schedule typically changes a couple of times throughout the 15 months to allow residents to attend different things.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Residents are provided with additional training, didactic teaching, coaching in the clinic and on the field to allow them to focus on each resident’s unique requirements. The curriculum is also structured to help therapists pass the American Physical Therapy Board of Specialists Sports Physical Therapy Certification exam.
• SCS Exam Pass Rate: 92% (as of June 2023)
• Graduation Rate: 92% (as of October 2023)
Mentoring Model:
Each resident mentors a minimum of 150 hours 1:1 with a member of our Sports Residency Faculty for a 2-3 month period. Mentoring time is typically in the afternoon one day a week for 4-5 hours at a time. Primary mentors are SCS and OCS therapists, but we also have additional mentoring time with some of our faculty with NCS and WCS for a very well-rounded experience.
Sports Resident Caseload:
Our residents see a minimum of 40% sports cases. This includes a majority of middle school, high school, and adult recreational athletes. The remainder of the caseload will be general orthopedic cases. We encourage our residents to reach out to community organizations in their area of interest to build a bigger sports caseload in that area.
For more information please contact Kristen Waldron, PT, DPT, SCS – kristenwaldron@bodycentralpt.net
