VA St. Louis Health Care System Neurologic Residency

Description

VA St. Louis Neurological Physical Therapy Program is a 12-month, full-time clinical residency program that offers didactic coursework and classroom and laboratory training at Maryville University. The mission of this program is to train thoughtful clinicians who can integrate and synthesize neurologic physical therapy specialty practice, knowledge, and skill to provide our veteran population with outstanding, evidence-based physical therapy services across the continuum of care. Our didactic and clinical curriculum are carefully designed offering the resident the opportunity for immediate integration of didactic knowledge with clinical practice thereby fostering advanced clinical decision-making in neurologic physical therapy. Residents are full-time salaried employees of the VA St. Louis Health Care System with access to health benefits, life insurance, and paid time off including 11 federal holidays. There is no cost for tuition or program fees. All didactic materials and resources are supplied. Residents carry a 75% caseload to allow time for mentoring, didactic coursework, professional presentations, and scholarly projects. Clinical experience will include screening, evaluation, and treatment of Veterans with a variety of medical conditions in all levels of care in the VA St. Louis Health Care System. Collaboration on interdisciplinary teams within various practice settings and specialty clinics. Board-Certified Clinical Specialists and content experts will provide one-to-one clinical mentoring during direct patient management. Faculty will provide additional mentoring in areas of teaching, critical inquiry, and research. Didactic opportunities include face-to-face instruction, advanced practice webinars, professional presentations, journal clubs, and conferences. Continuing education and professional development opportunities. Available clinical settings include inpatient rehabilitation, acute care including intensive car units (medical and surgical), outpatient rehabilitation includeing vestibular therapy, spinal cord injury (disease regional hub including mobility assessment and prescription) and interdisciplinary clinics such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Movement Disorders, Amputee and Orthotics. Program graduates are eligible to apply for APTA Specialist Certification governed by ABPTS. Cumulative VA St. Louis Physical Therapy Residency Program Specialist Exam pass rate: 100%. If you’re interested in pursuing the neurologic residency at VA St. Louis Health Care System, please apply electronically through RF-PTCAS.