EIM's Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Awarded Status as an APTA Credentialed Program!
Evidence in Motion’s Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program is now credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association as a post-professional clinical fellowship program. We are very excited to share this new, and we are thankful for the contributions made by so many talented, skilled, and hard-working professionals who helped to make this happen.
This is another important step for EIM in our work and mission to elevate the physical therapy profession and the role of physical therapists in health care delivery. In our residency and fellowship training programs, we seek to partner with and equip individual practitioners and physical therapy practices with premiere resources and training necessary for becoming leaders in evidence-based practice while creating and promoting a culture of evidence-based practice within the physical therapy profession. Our fellowship program, in particular, is structured not only to create highly skilled evidence based manual physical therapists, but also to mold and develop our fellows into leaders in our profession.
At EIM, we believe that post-professional residency and fellowship training for physical therapists is the most effective and efficient way to accomplish and realize the goals stated in APTA's Vision 2020 and we are committed to the task. We also believe our programs are unique in the ability to make accessible and provide post-professional residency and fellowship training to large numbers of physical therapists, including relatively new graduates, who otherwise would not be able to take advantage of this important aspect of professional development which is critical to the future of our profession.
Our programs are centered around an advanced distributed distance learning model that utilizes the BlackBoard Learning Management System for didactic instruction, group projects, and Virtual Grand Rounds. For the clinical mentoring component of our residency programs, we partner with high quality Network Partner practices across the nation that support and facilitate locally the clinical mentoring process for residents who are affiliated with or assigned to those Network Partner practices. For our fellowship program, we partner with Fellows of the AAOMPT who are eager to work together to move evidence based practice and the profession forward. The end result is that PTs who are motivated to go through post-professional education and training, but don't want to or are unable to move from their current location or place of employment, now have the opportunity to participate in a world-class post-professional residency or fellowship training program.
Here is a quote from one of our first Fellows-In-Training regarding the impact of fellowship training on his professional performance:
"When trying to figure out what I wanted to
do next in reference to my professional development, I knew I wanted to do
something that would alter the way I practice and change me as a
clinician. I knew after completing my
DPT and becoming board certified in orthopedics that fellowship training was
the next step. I researched every
fellowship listed on AAOMPT's website.
EIM was not listed as they hadn't been credentialed yet. However, my company mentioned EIM to me and,
after comparing what EIM had to offer as opposed to other programs, I was
sold. The faculty is well recognized in
their research work, they are progressive, and they are change agents. These are things I to aspire to be.
In the last 9 months, I've become a more skilled
clinician, much better at clinical reasoning, a more confident PT, and have
created relationships with professionals who are always looking to better the
profession and themselves, never being satisfied.
Many great opportunities have already opened up
for me and many more will likely follow due to this choice I've made. I am excited to be a part of this program and
I urge all who are considering fellowship in orthopaedic manual physical
therapy to strongly consider EIM's program."
Our next class starts in June of 09. If have an interest in pursuing residency and fellowship training and would like to learn more or want to take the next step, you can find further details about our program on the residency/fellowship link of our website. Obviously e-mail and phone calls are always welcome.
Once again, thanks to the many folks who have made this achievement possible and we look forward to working with our current and future residents and fellows as well as our valued current and future Network Partner practices in order to make a lasting impact on our profession.
Sincerely,
The EIM Team
