Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program
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Residency Program Overview
Our full-time residency program offers evidence-based post-graduate education specializing in sports physical therapy and athletic development. Our clinicians practice within a health and wellness team serving our community sports population of three public high schools and two colleges. You will be placed at one of our two Livonia training facilities. The program is 13 months long, starting the first full week following July 4th.
Mission
We, TrinityElite Sports PerformanceTM, with the support of Trinity Health, are committed to serve as a destination for physical therapists seeking guidance to initiate advanced skill training in sports physical therapy, providing excellent, evidence-based education, with continuous improvement efforts and strategies designed to enhance patient care of the athletic and sport population throughout the lifespan.
Accreditation
TrinityElite Sports PerformanceTM Residency is an accredited residency program by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) council of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Goals
Goal 1: Demonstrate specialist level clinical reasoning and knowledge
Goal 2: Provide excellent, evidence-guided patient care
Goal 3: Consistently acquire, interpret, integrate and share best evidence in sports PT
Goal 4: Demonstrate specialist level decision making and psychomotor skill in acute injury and emergency management
Goal 5: Add value to the sponsoring organization, and demonstrate professionalism in communication, instruction, and collaboration
Goal 6: Contribute to the body of sport physical therapy knowledge
Goal 7: Prepared to sit for and pass the ABPTS Sports Certified Specialist Exam
Graduates
Passing rate for graduates that sit for the SCS exam is 100%. Graduates of the program with credentials and current place of employment and areas of interest will be listed under the Program Graduates.
Application Deadline: June 1st
Program Start Date: First full week following July 4th
Completion Rate
100%
Contact
Paul Theuerkauf PT, DPT
Board Certified in Sports Physical Therapy
TrinityElite Lead Physical Therapist – Sports PT Residency Director
13245 Newburgh Rd
Livonia, MI 48150
Phone: 734-655-8240
Email: paul.theuerkauf@trinity-health.org