Grow and develop skills as a neurologic physical therapist.
The Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency is one year in length, beginning in January or June. Within that year, residents receive an average of 45 hours per week of structured time. The breakdown of those hours includes 36 hours of patient care, including 5 hours of 1:1 hands-on mentoring, plus 4 hours of lecture/lab and 5 hours of experiential learning, research, and interprofessional collaboration. The first six months the didactic lectures are provided through the neurologic consortium. The second six months of the program the lectures are held in house with St Luke’s faculty.
What makes this program unique?
- Opportunity to work with 4 different mentors throughout the course of the year to give varying perspectives on clinical practice
- Designated mentor hours weekly with 1:1 instruction and real time feedback
- Consistent weekly site schedule through the year
- Weekly patient care schedule of 25% inpatient care, 25% outpatient care, and 50% choice inpatient or outpatient care hours
- Second half of the year features weekly in-person classes to review up to date concepts and practice hands on skills in lab
- Numerous outside clinic experiences with healthcare professionals, including physicians of multiple specialties (neurologists within several specialty areas of practice, family medicine, ENT, audiology, optometry) to develop professional relationships and communication skills
- Large number of board-certified neurologic physical therapists contributing to the coursework and mentoring sessions
Sample rotation schedule
The information below provides an illustrative example of the weekly schedule. Please note that specifics are subject to change as updates and enhancements to program are continually made to improve the resident learning experience.
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | Patient Care | Patient Care | Patient Care | Experiential Learning | Patient Care | 1 day/month - Patient Care |
| PM | Patient Care | Class | Patient Care | Experiential Learning | Patient Care |
See this link for more details regarding the Neuroconsortium curriculum: Neuroconsortium
In addition to the Neuroconsortium, NPT residents receive additional lectures and labs covering the following topics:
- Spinal Cord Injury Management– Lecture and lab
- Traumatic Brain Injury Management – Lecture and Lab
- Functional Neurologic Disorders Diagnosis and Management
- Concussion Care and Case Reviews
- Care for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s disease and dystonia
- Cognition
- Vision and Perception
- Statistics
- Neurologic Pediatrics
- Orthotics and prosthetic prescription
- Management of CIDP, Guillain Barre and Myasthenia Gravis
- Emotional Intelligence and psychologically informed care
- Headache management, cervicogenic dizziness, and cervical spine care
- Management of patients with multiple sclerosis
- Dystonia
- Wheelchair seating lab
Experiential Learning
Experiential learning consists of diverse observational and interactive learning experiences throughout the St. Luke’s University Health Network. You will be observing and interacting with many different types of physicians and residents from geriatric medicine, neurology of many different specialties, ENT, audiology, sports medicine primary care providers, wheelchair seating, neuro optometry, and orthotic fabrication. You also get the opportunity to observe other neurologic physical therapists and neurologic pediatric physical therapists.
How to Apply
Submit your application to be considered for the St. Luke’s Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program.