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Take Your Expertise to a Higher Level

Sharpen your clinical reasoning skills and advance your practice through Elevating Practice in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. This comprehensive, intermediate-level course  consists of three modules and is required for students in the MGH Institute's Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy program but also open to licensed physical therapists in the area who want to complete any or all of the modules.

Lynn Gray Meltzer

 

"The weekend course series Elevating Practice in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy has helped me advance my understanding of the evidence behind orthopedic PT, master hands-on skills, hone my clinical reasoning, and more consistently apply research to practice."

Lynn Gray-Meltzer, PT, DPT,  Clinical Resident in Ortho PT

 

 

 

 

 

3 modules

comprise this course — Spine, Upper Quarter and Lower Quarter.

120 hours

of comprehensive orthopaedic coursework is included.

The only

such program in the Northeast

 

Elevating Practice PT IHP Advantage

Faculty Committed to You

You will learn from enthusiastic faculty whose clinical experience spans a variety of orthopaedic specialties. Most are practicing clinicians who bring the latest evidence-based practices into the classroom. All are dedicated to enhancing your ability to evaluate and treat orthopaedic disorders of the spine and extremities. Meet...

A Hybrid Learning Format

This course consists of three 10-week modules that you can take individually or as a complete package. Each includes two lab-intensive weekends in which participants meet at the MGH Institute campus in Boston. Our expert faculty moderate these on-site sessions as well as case discussions and other activities taking place online throughout the modules.

An Intimate Learning Environment

Course participation is limited to 20 licensed physical therapists, in addition to residents from our Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy program. Small class sizes help you develop close relationships with faculty and fellow participants while creating more hands-on learning opportunities during labs.

 

An In-Depth Exploration of the Practice

Elevating Practice in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy is designed to instill a thorough body of knowledge relevant to the specialty practice of orthopaedic physical therapy. 

Using commonly encountered orthopaedic disorders of the spine and extremities, the course integrates current scientific literature with clinical practice. Through labs and case discussions, there is a focus on building clinical reasoning skills and proficiency in the execution of manual therapy, movement science assessment and intervention procedures.

Please note: This course includes content based on the American Physical Therapy Association's Description of Specialty Practice in Orthopaedics.

Course Schedule

Course Description and Objectives

Photo of Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy faculty member Reg Wilcox, DPT, MS, OCS working with patient
 
 

Course Fees

$845 per individual module or $2,110 for all three modules (a savings of $415)

IHP Voucher Discount Information:
If you have MGH Institute vouchers that you would like to use for this course to receive a 50% registration cost discount, please contact Jackie Tang at pt@mghihp.edu for details before registering. Upon receiving your voucher information, she'll provide you with an access code to receive the discounted ticket price of $425 with 1 voucher for one module or $1055 with 3 vouchers for the entire course. Please note that IHP vouchers can only be redeemed once, and expire 2 years after the issue date.
 

 

 
 

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