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Upon completion of the residency program the resident will be prepared to take the Orthopedic Board Certification exam with the American Physical Therapy Association and practice patient-centered, evidence-based orthopedic physical therapy at the competence level of an orthopedic clinical specialist. Program essentials Overview Course list Tuition Faculty/Staff ATSU Curriculum Admission requirements Course descriptions Cost Administration Faculty University Catalog Accreditation program curriculum overview The curriculum delivery is blended with online resources, directed learning activities, clinical mentoring, and laboratory practical course work. The program has been developed to accommodate the full-time working individual who is currently seeing patients in an outpatient clinical setting. The program is 12 months in duration and will be delivered in eight learning modules. Each module will include content from the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Description of Specialty Practice” on examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and treatment outcomes for common musculoskeletal conditions. Developing patient centered evidence-based practice will be the focus of each module. Continuing education courses included in tuition Skill development sessions with core residency faculty Case study webinars on resident’s patients Clinical expert shadowing Following our residency program all of our graduates have continued with their professional development. They are all educators in their clinical practice, some have gone on to formal adjunct faculty positions in academics, and some are instructors in continuing education courses. Several graduates have opened their own clinical practices and have gone on to fellowship training. Many of our graduates have taken the board exam and have become certified clinical specialists. Our current pass rate is 87%. We have 53 alumni from our 13 years of providing residency education and promoting excellence in the clinical specialty practice of Orthopedic physical therapy. Clinical requirements Resident must be employed in an approved physical therapy clinical setting in Arizona with a wide variety of patients with orthopedic musculoskeletal conditions. Resident must have an APTA orthopedic certified specialist provide 2.5 hours of one-on-one mentoring in patient care per week. Mentoring for each resident is an organized collaboration between the site mentor” and core University faculty. Application procedures Submit primary application through RF-PTCAS at https://rfptcas.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/ . Application opens Oct. 1, one year prior to anticipated enrollment. The deadline to apply through RF-PTCAS is June 1st of the year of anticipated enrollment....