Sports Physical Therapy Residency – Houston Methodist The Woodlands

The Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital Sports Physical Therapy Residency is a 12-month program beginning in August of each year. The program consists of an intensive combination of didactic lectures and lab sessions each week and five module exams to test the retention of knowledge. Residents will receive the highest quality of one-on-one mentoring from a faculty that consists of Board-Certified Sports and Orthopedic Specialists, and Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Residents will get ample experience and understanding of sports rehabilitation and management in the outpatient clinic, athletic training room and on the sideline for sporting events. Throughout the program, residents will carry a near-full patient case load to facilitate independence of practice and development of advanced skills acquired from the curriculum. The program curriculum is designed to challenge and advance the residents’ sports and orthopedic skills in:

• Examination
• Evaluation
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Intervention
• Return to Activity/Sport
• Health & Wellness & Prevention

This program’s intensity and curriculum is designed to best equip the resident with the necessary qualifications and knowledge to sit for the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) Sports Certified Specialist Examination.

Mission

Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital’s Sports Physical Therapy Residency’s mission is to provide an unparalleled opportunity for quality advancement in sports and orthopedic clinical training by facilitating professional and clinical growth within a culture of Houston Methodist’s I CARE values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence to enhance patient care.

Goals

• Develop an effective learning environment for advanced professional clinical practice in the management of both sports and orthopedic conditions.
• Create an environment of evidence-based practice with focus on patient values, clinical reasoning and best evidence to treat sports and orthopedic conditions.
• Teach residents to confidently and professionally interact with multiple disciplines in order to appropriately manage patient conditions.
• Support the mission and values of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital.
• Develop curriculum which prepares the resident to successfully complete the ABPTS Sports Certified Specialist Examination.
• Develop community leaders in Sports rehabilitation through professional and community engagement.
• Maintain consistency in seeking continuous improvement in the program’s quality, delivery, and advanced information to adequately prepare resident to sit for the sports certified specialist exam.
• Maintain a financially stable status for the program so that it may thrive, advance and grow with increase in faculty and participating residents.
• Ensure continued program sustainability by maintaining financial resources, develop and grow the faculty, and continuously update the curriculum so it reflects the most current evidence-based practice concepts. 

ABPTRFE has granted the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Sports Residency candidacy status. Candidacy status signifies satisfactory progress toward accreditation. Achieving candidacy status is not an indication that ABPTRFE will grant initial accreditation. Participants who graduate from a program in candidacy status are not deemed to have completed an accredited program.

About Our Program

Clinical Practicum

The Houston Methodist The Woodlands Sports Physical Therapy Residency offers residents full-time direct clinical patient care that allows the resident to integrate and apply the knowledge from all lectures and lab sessions. This provides the resident the opportunity to expand upon their abilities as a sports specialist in training. Over the course of the program, residents will provide clinical care and receive site-specific mentoring both in the clinic and on the sideline at sporting events in order to develop advanced understanding and expertise in the management of athletes at all levels of injury. 

Clinical Mentoring

The program thrives on the value of one-on-one mentoring. For the duration of the program, the resident will receive one-on-one mentoring on how to advance their skill of evaluation, examination, functional diagnosis, and treatment of both orthopedic and sports conditions. The resident will receive mentoring from Board-Certified Sports and Orthopedic Specialists.

Research & Investigation

The resident will be directed on the current evidence as it relates to the evaluation and treatment of orthopedic conditions and sports injuries. The resident will be required to analyze the quality of research articles to facilitate their growth in evidence-based practice. Additionally, residents will be required to present 3 separate case studies on their own patients with supporting evidence of diagnosis and intervention.

Specialty Observation

Throughout the duration of the program, residents will have the opportunity to interact with orthopedic surgeons in the clinical setting and the option to observe various operative procedures. This allows the resident to gain exposure to a variety of conditions and procedures that may implicate their practice as a physical therapist. In addition to shadowing orthopedic surgeons the resident(s) will shadow with the hospital’s Sports Primary Care Physicians to gain insight into their practice and develop relationships with the team of people managing local athletes. Additionally, this allows the resident an opportunity to develop professional working relationships with the physicians of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Sports-Specific Training

Residents will gain experience in the management of athletes in the clinic while also participating in sideline coverage for local athletic events, and high school sports. They will work along with athletic trainers during games for acute management, while also spending time in the athletic training room for subacute rehabilitation of high school athletes. Houston Methodist The Woodlands helps to serve many local high schools in The Woodlands and Conroe regions.

Didactic Lectures & Lab

For the duration of the program, the resident is required to attend and participate in didactic lectures and lab. Lectures are led by faculty of the program that discuss sports specific topics, advanced anatomy, examination, differential diagnosis, clinical intervention, and return to activity or sport as it relates to specific orthopedic and sports conditions. Lab sessions incorporate the didactic knowledge into a guided practical application as it relates to manual testing and treatment of sports conditions and injuries.

Core Modules

*Sports curriculum integrated throughout the year

Outcomes

Graduation rate: n/a

CS Exam first time pass rate: n/a

ABPTRFE Financial Fact Sheet

The American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) has created this Financial Fact Sheet to provide financial transparency to applicants on the true costs to undergo residency and fellowship education.

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