Outpatient Student Program

Start your career with the national leader in outpatient rehabilitation.

Enhance your clinical education by completing your student rotation in an outpatient setting that offers diverse patient populations and learning environments.

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Empowering the next generation of health care leaders

The outpatient student program provides rehabilitation students with clinical experiences across diverse patient populations and learning environments.

Our extensive national footprint gives you access to highly trained clinicians in various specialty areas including orthopedics, sports rehabilitation, pelvic health, cancer rehab, pediatrics and more.

Students will benefit from our vast continuing education opportunities and our dedication to providing evidence-based, high-quality care in all that we do. Through personalized mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration, we are committed to fostering professional growth and clinical excellence in the future leaders of our health care fields.

As the national leader in outpatient rehabilitation, we offer experiences for students of accredited programs for physical therapy, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapy, occupational therapy assistant and speech therapy. Click to find a location near you.

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Special interest clinical affiliations

Participate in a high-level, standardized experience in which you will complete your rotation with a specialist in the field, experience advanced learning opportunities and gain valuable experience working with a specialty population. Application and interview required.

A strategic commitment to differentiate Select Medical’s clinical expertise nationally, our Programs of Excellence (POEs) are distinct, standardized, specialty programs targeted at defined patient groups. Via the support of executive division leadership, and under the guidance of a defined leader who is responsible for program growth and performance, our POEs help to differentiate us from our competitors by their uniqueness and proven patient outcomes. The POEs are established with a consistent set of operational requirements and provided by defined clinical teams who have committed to additional and ongoing clinical and specialized training.

For physical and occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists with a special interest in helping oncology patients live well beyond cancer, our ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation program is working to establish cancer rehab as the standard of care. Our internal certification process develops proficiency as an entry-level specialist by adding to existing clinical knowledge, thus broadening one’s lens to best serve this unique population. Ongoing education, development pathways and a national network for support and mentoring help clinicians continue to grow and stay current in an ever-evolving oncology environment.
CoreVia Pelvic Health provides timely access to specialized care for pelvic floor dysfunction. For pelvic health clinicians who strive to offer a higher level of quality care while contributing to the development of best practice, our CoreVia program provides a national network of clinicians with specialty education, mentorship and competency-based training in a supportive clinical environment. We work with pelvic health patients of all genders and ages across a broad spectrum of abdominal and pelvic health-related diagnoses. Accepting recent graduates and experienced therapists who may or may not have experience in pelvic health.
With over 32.5 million U.S. adults living with degenerative joint disease, OrthoVive Joint Health is a comprehensive program providing best in class care for patients across the lifespan. Clinicians are provided access to the latest evidence-based practice, a framework for efficient and effective delivery of care, resources to aid in patient treatment, competency-based education and opportunities for professional growth. OrthoVive aims to improve patient outcomes, enhance quality of life and reduce the burden and complex needs of degenerative joint disease on individuals and health care systems.
For physical and occupational therapists with a special interest in the unique needs and health care concerns of athletes, Select Sports Sports Medicine provides a cohesive, consistent, structured and guideline-adherent approach to delivering sports medicine care. Supporting the provision of best practice in specialized care to optimize value for all stakeholders, including patients, our clinicians have a deep understanding of the basic fundamentals of sports rehabilitation and have access to ongoing clinical education. Select Sports allows us to clearly differentiate ourselves with detailed assessments of program performance, including patient outcomes, serve an in-demand patient demographic and reach our potential as the premier provider of sports medicine services across the country.

Professional Development

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Student clinical affiliations

Clinical affiliations are a critical and formative part of a student’s clinical education and we look forward to being part of your student journey. If you are a student looking to learn more about our clinical affiliations, submit the form below.

We are proud to partner with most academic institutions across the country. Accredited therapy programs interested in establishing an affiliation agreement or in need of an agreement renewal, submit the form below.

Student clinical affiliation inquiry

Affiliation agreement request