Physical Therapy Sports Clinical Residency
Clinical Residency in Sports Physical Therapy
Mass General Brigham University offers a Clinical Residency in Sports Physical Therapy, credentialed by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE). The 13-month residency program provides physical therapy residents with didactic, scholarly, and clinical education opportunities that will improve their ability to integrate scientific knowledge into clinical practice, and will facilitate development of advanced diagnostic, clinical decision-making, and hands-on clinical skills in sports physical therapy. The residency program is structured to meet the Description of Residency Practice that will qualify residents, upon completion of the program, to sit for the APTA’s Sports Clinical Specialist board-certification examination.
Residents are matched with a clinical partner where, over the year-long program, the resident completes a minimum of 1500 hours of paid clinical practice with a specified mix of sports and orthopedic patients, including at least 150 hours of one-to-one mentoring. The residents also serve as paid laboratory instructors in the University’s DPT program throughout the residency. In addition, residents complete over 300 hours of didactic learning through structured coursework, at least 200 hours of athletic event coverage, and a minimum of 100 hours of resident-directed learning activities including lab instructing time, mentored research, community outreach, and specialty practice observations.