SLU-SSM Health Physical Therapy Residencies

Overview

Together with Saint Louis University, SSM Health Physical Therapy American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship (ABPTRFE) accredited residency education in the following specialty areas:

• SLU - SSM Physical Therapy Orthopedic Residency
• SLU - SSM Physical Therapy Women's Health Residency

SLU-SSM Health Physical Therapy residency education provides numerous opportunities for the licensed physical therapist to develop as an advanced clinician and an educator, produce and disseminate a scholarly product and grow as a provider to the area's underserved populations.

Programs advance the specialty knowledge, skills and attributes of licensed physical therapists as described by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education's Description of Residency Practice. They include classroom learning and psychomotor instruction at Saint Louis University and SSM Health Physical Therapy in face-to-face, online and small group formats.

External applicants and current employees of SSM Health Physical Therapy are accepted.

Our program highlights

• Direct 1:1 clinical mentoring
• Compensation (including benefits) for non-mentored hours of patient care
• Participation as a lab instructor in SLU's entry-level physical therapy program
• Small group classroom and manual skills instruction, facilitated discussion and journal club
• Independent mentorship in specialty topics within the field of orthopedics
• Opportunities for clinic rounding, surgery observation and grand rounds with physicians

For further information, visit our program websites:

• Women’s Health Residency
• Orthopedics Residency

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Residency Financial Fact Sheet — Ortho