Curriculum & Schedule

The 13-month Sports Physical Therapy Residency program consists of the following curriculum:

  • 32 hours of patient care and 8 residency / didactic hours per week
  • 150+ hours of direct mentorship
  • 150 hours of on-field sporting coverage
  • 50 hours of training room coverage
  • Written exams and real-time assessments of patient evaluation at the end of each learning module
  • Spine, Upper Extremity & Lower Extremity Learning Modules:
    • Hands-on treatment and evaluation labs
    • In-person didactic lectures
    • Journal clubs
    • Online didactic material
  • Research or outreach integration project
  • Resident-led lecture related to current module
  • Weekly Sports Medicine Fellow's lecture series
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship Grand Rounds
  • Quarterly Orthopedic Surgery / Radiology Sports Medicine Conference
  • Cincinnati Children’s annual Pediatric Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Conference
  • Lab Assistant at University of Cincinnati’s Physical Therapy Program
  • Attendance at local and national PT/Sports Med Conferences
  • Physician clinics and surgery observations
  • Unique cross-disciplinary experiences
  • Specialty Ortho / Sports PT Clinics
    • Running
    • Throwing / Overhead Athlete
    • Dance
    • Golf
    • Swimming
    • Gymnastics
    • Schroth Therapy for Scoliosis
    • Weightlifting
  • Outreach programs with an emphasis on injury prevention
  • Unique pediatric clinics within the hospital
    • Pain clinic
    • EDS clinic
    • Concussion clinic
  • Volunteer / community outreach
    • Louisville Ballet
    • Local dance studios
    • Running injury screens
    • Reds Youth Academy
    • Physical Literacy Day
    • Flying Pig Marathon
  • Time Frame
    • July - July (Start date: approximately July 1) 
  • Locations
    • The Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program is housed at the Winslow Location
      • The resident has access to all the research facilities in the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center including, but not limited to a fully equipped motion analysis laboratory and the Human Performance Laboratory
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday  Friday  Saturday 
8 - 9 am:
Sports Medicine Lecture
9 am -1 pm:
Residency Time
11 am - 7:30 pm
Clinic
10 am - 6:30 pm:
Clinic
9am - 5 pm:
Clinic
 Football game
coverage

9 - 10:30 am 
Teach at UC

 1 - 7 pm
Football Practice
(Fall)

   

11 am -6:30 pm
Clinic

1 - 5 pm Clinic
(Winter / Spring)