ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY

Program Overview

Together with the University of Indianapolis, Body One Physical Therapy offers a 12-month orthopaedic residency program to promote continued learning, improve clinical confidence, and grow manual therapy skills for Physical Therapy graduates.

The program includes one-on-one mentoring with orthopaedic clinical specialists, didactic learning through bimonthly curriculum, and labs to promote strong manual therapy skills. Mentors in the program are trained to challenge the residents’ critical reasoning skills and patient management strategies to ultimately improve patient outcomes.

To complement the clinical learning, residents are given a stipend from Body One and UIndy to be utilized for continuing education courses. Residents also have access to resources such as Current Concepts of Physical Therapy for self-guided learning. Residents will spend 8-10 hours on campus working as a graduate assistant for UIndy’s DPT program and 35 hours in the clinic at Body One per week.

To date, our Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist pass rate is 100%. An orthopaedic residency is considered a fast track to obtaining the OCS.

Mission

The residency program promotes excellence, professionalism, and integrity in advanced practice and prepares graduates who have expert knowledge and skills in orthopaedics for autonomous practice and leadership roles within the profession.

Program Highlights

150 hours of one-on-one mentoring over the course of a year.
All mentors and program faculty are residency trained or OCS certified.
Graduate assistantship role for UIndy’s musculoskeletal course, including the resident leading two lectures in the Spring semester.
Didactic learning through bi-monthly lectures and labs covering a variety of curriculum to help prepare residents to sit for the OCS.
The resident participates in a capstone research project reflecting his or her area of interest.
50 Hours of Dry Needling training included in residency curriculum.
Residents and resident faculty volunteer their time and participate in a variety of community service events.
The program offers customizable tracks to allow the resident to pursue additional Doctor of Health Science credit through UIndy.
Residents earn 70% of a new graduate salary and full benefits through Body One.
Resident salary competitive with other orthopaedic residency programs in the Midwest.

Curriculum

Medical Screening
Cervical
Shoulder
Lumbar
Pelvis
Hip
TMD
Dry Needling (50 CEUs)
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization / Tendinopathies
Pain Science
Thoracic Spine
Knee
Lower Leg, Foot, and Ankle
Return to Sport / Sports Concepts
Running and Gait Assessment
Elbow, Wrist, and Hand

Application

Desirable applicants possess strong skills in clinical reasoning and the application of manual examination and treatment procedures, as well as superior verbal and written communication skills. Potential residents will complete the Residency Fellowship-Physical Therapy Centralized Application by March 31st. Superior candidates will be selected for an interview and evaluation of basic clinical competencies with members of the selection committee.