Enhance Your Career With the Highbar Orthopedic Residency Program
The Highbar Orthopedic Residency is accredited by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education as a post-professional residency program for physical therapists in orthopedics. Our residency students have a 100% pass rate on the OCS exam!
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About the program
What is a physical therapy residency program?
An Orthopedic Residency consists of advanced post-professional education in the specialty area of orthopedic physical therapy. Residencies utilize a multi-modal teaching approach consisting of 1:1 mentorship, didactic and laboratory education, and clinical experiences.
Clinicians that participate in an orthopedic residency do so for enhanced clinical knowledge and skills in the examination and treatment of a variety of orthopedic conditions. There is also a significant increase in specialty examination pass rates for those who participate in residency versus those who self-study. Residents have access to the OCS prep course to ensure exam success.
Our program structure
- A 14-month program providing advanced post-professional clinical and didactic education
- Structured, faculty-led online curriculum
- 1:1 mentorship with a Board-certified clinician
- Multiple laboratory intensives on advanced examination and treatment techniques
- Management seminar with a focus on refining clinical reasoning and decision making
- Teaching opportunities and post-residency OCS prep course
Program Objectives
What can I expect to gain from this program?
- Earn quality didactic, laboratory, mentorship, and clinical learning experiences
- You will be prepared for board certification in orthopedics
- A direct path to becoming a clinical leader, resident mentor, or faculty member
Hear from our faculty
“At Highbar, we believe in providing limitless professional development opportunities to clinicians as they grow throughout their career, whether they seek to grow into leaders as Clinic Directors or as clinical leaders, mentors, and experts. The development of our own Orthopedic Residency was a natural step to continue providing opportunities not only to residents but for our clinician-leaders as mentors and faculty.”
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Hear from our faculty
“I have experienced firsthand the immense impact that residency education can have on one’s growth as a clinician. For this reason, I wanted to afford our clinicians this same opportunity. With the help of a group of passionate and expert therapists, we developed a highly personalized residency program that is founded in evidence-based clinical education and practice.”
Meet Our Highbar Faculty & Adjunct Faculty:
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Course timeline
Important Dates
November 4th 2024
Program start date
February 22-23
Lumbopelvic Lab
April 26-27
Cervicothoracic Lab
June 28-29
Upper Extremity Lab
August 1st
2024 Application deadline (RF-PTCAS)
August 30-31
Lower Extremity Lab
The Program
Designed for ambitious leaders
Highbar’s Orthopedic Residency was designed by clinicians for clinicians. More specifically, the program is for physical therapists who are ambitious, driven to practice at the top of their license, and aim to be a leader in the field.
- Pursuing clinical excellence and board certification
- Seeking to practice at the top of the license
- Ready to be challenged to grow through one-on-one mentorship
- Wanting to advance their clinical skills exponentially in 12 months
- Looking for a springboard to teaching and clinical leadership opportunities