Sports Physical Therapy Residency

Curriculum and 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 Trimester / Learning Modules:
  • Hands-on treatment and evaluation labs
  • In-person didactic lectures
  • Journal clubs
  • Online didactic material
• Research project with faculty mentoring throughout the process
• Resident-led lecture related to current module
• Weekly Sports Medicine Fellow’s lecture series (not mandatory)
• Quarterly Orthopedic Surgery / Radiology Sports Medicine Conference (virtual)
• Cincinnati Children’s annual Pediatric Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Conference (varies year to year)
• Lab Assistant at University of Cincinnati’s Physical Therapy Program for 2nd year MSK students

Listed are several opportunities that are available, but not always required, of the sports residency experience allowing the resident to uniquely shape their own residency learning path. Each of these are subject to year-to-year changes within the hospital initiatives and healthcare landscape:

• Attendance at local and national PT/Sports Med Conferences
• Physician clinics and surgery observations
• Unique cross-disciplinary experiences
• Specialty Ortho / Sports PT Clinics
  • Running (cross country and sprinting)
  • Throwing / Overhead Athlete
  • Dance
  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Golf
  • Swimming
  • Gymnastics
  • Schroth Therapy for Scoliosis
  • Weightlifting
• Outreach programs with an emphasis on injury prevention (may vary year to year)
• Unique pediatric clinics within the hospital
  • Pain Clinic
  • EDS Clinic
  • Concussion Clinic
  • Dance Medicine Clinic
  • Gymnastics Clinic
  • Running Clinic
• Volunteer / community outreach (may vary year to year)
  • Louisville Ballet
  • Local dance studios
  • Running injury screens
  • Reds Youth Academy
  • Community Fitness Events
  • Flying Pig Marathon

• Time Frame
  • July - July (Start date: middle to end of June – 13-month residency) 
• Locations
  • The Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program is housed at the Winslow location and Northern Kentucky location.