Miven Donato, DPT, DC, MOMT, Adjunct Faculty

Welcome to our APTA Credentialed Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program in Southern Oregon.  

This is a 50-week (11.5 months) comprehensive and structured residency program developed and led by nationally recognized experts in the field of orthopedic physical therapy.

OUR MISSION is to provide clinical education that accelerates an orthopedic physical therapist's professional development in becoming a resource, educator, and mentor to others and be recognized as a:

1.  Highly skilled patient care provider.

2.  Competent consumer/analyzer of the scientific literature.

3.  Board certified orthopedic clinical specialist (OCS).

OUR GOALS:

1.  To provide clinical education to create highly skilled patient-care providers.

2.  To provide competence with utilizing the scientific literature related to orthopedic physical therapy.

3.  To obtain diplomate status of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS).

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW:

• 120 hours of classroom/lab instruction.
• 120 hours of independent study.
• 172 hours of 1:1 supervision while treating patients.
• 1588 hours of unsupervised clinical practice.

CURRICULUM ALSO INCLUDES:

• Orthopedic primary care health/fitness screenings.
• Teaching experience in orthopedics.
• Orthopedic surgery observations.

Residents will receive training in advanced clinical practice using evidence-based guidelines, small group classroom/lab instruction, integrated and supervised independent study, one-on-one clinical supervision with clinical faculty while treating patients, and preparation for the ABPTS Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) examination.

All graduates will receive a diploma upon completing the residency program.

The residency program begins on August 1 or January 2 of each year, and ends in July or December of the following year.  All residents will provide direct unsupervised patient care as full time RPT employees.

CLINICAL FACULTY:

Edsen Donato, DPT, DSc, OCS, CHT, CSCS
Cuong Pho, DPT, OCS, SCS, CHT, ATC, FAAOMPT

ADJUNCT FACULTY:

Miven Donato, DPT, DC, MOMT

CLASSROOM / LAB INSTRUCTOR:

Joseph Godges,  DPT, MA, OCS

To learn how to apply for this program, please click on this tab, or click on the How to Apply tab on the left column.

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