Kaiser Permanente Hayward PT Fellowship

Program Options

Option II: Three-Month Clinical Mentorship plus Six-Month Advanced Clinical Fellowship

The three-month Mentorship is designed as a stepping stone to the six-month Advanced Fellowship. Learn advanced clinical reasoning concepts and advanced manual therapy examination and treatment. Attain the high-level skills necessary to become a PT primary care provider, clinical specialist and/or consultant in your field.

Consecutive attendance: To take the programs consecutively, you must apply for the Fellowship when you apply for the three-month Mentorship. You would apply on July 1st of the year prior to attendance. Your application will be reviewed for attendance in the Winter (January – April) Mentorship and Fellowship (May – October) of the same year.
Split attendance: If you choose to take a break between the Mentorship and the Advanced Fellowship, you must complete the Advanced Fellowship within three (3) years of the Mentorship in order to meet APTA requirements. Many individuals do not make a decision to attend the 6-month Fellowship until after they have finished the Mentorship.

Thoracic PPIVM's

Enroll in the Fellowship if you want to:

Be able to diagnose and manage complex, multifactorial patients
Attain the high-level skills necessary to become a PT primary care provider, clinical specialist, faculty member and/or consultant.
Incorporate effective teaching and consulting skills into your practice
Gain the tools to grow in your career to the level of "master clinician"

Completion of the 3-month Mentorship, 6-month Advanced Fellowship and selected course work in the basic and applied sciences (i.e. Anatomy, Biomechanics) and all independent study components are required to meet standards to become a Fellow in the AAOMPT and to become a graduate of an APTA Credentialed Fellowship in Manual Therapy.

Program Design

Curriculum Hours

270-280 hours of in-depth clinical course work on the spine and all peripheral joints (see below)
Course work 2-3 weekends per month (including Mondays)
125-130 hours of 1:1 clinical mentoring and small group tutorials
26-hour work week with patient care
Practical exams with patients, written and technique exams
Preparation of seminar paper and clinical projects

Course Content

Advanced manual therapy examination, assessment and treatment of the spine and all peripheral joints
Emphasis on the Australian approach combined with selected concepts of the Osteopathic, Norwegian, and related manual therapy approaches
Advanced clinical reasoning concepts
Patient management strategies, including ergonomic, exercise and self-mobilization interventions
Medical differential diagnostic skills in preparation for primary care PT roles
Teaching and consulting skills
Introduction to research methods with critical review of the literature

Culminating Teaching Project

After completing the Fellowship, you will have a second independent study period where you will design and implement a culminating teaching project in the community. You can return to your home state to complete the project.

Overall Time Commitment

Completion of the Pre-Mentorship independent study, full-time Mentorship and Fellowship, and culminating teaching project takes 16-18 months for those who take the Mentorship and Fellowship consecutively. You are only required to be at Kaiser Permanente for nine months of that period. You can return to your prior state of employment after nine months!

Participants who take the Mentorship and Fellowship on alternate years must complete all requirements within 36 months.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of 3-month Mentorship
Minimum of two years of physical therapy practice, preferably in an outpatient orthopedic PT setting
Prior weekend course work in orthopedic PT or other relevant educational background

Certification

A manual therapy certification, Level IV, will be granted upon successful completion of all curriculum requirements. Graduates are eligible to apply for Fellowship in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. Graduate credit is available from affiliated universities. Click here more information on graduate credit.