Admissions & Application

• Compensation and Benefits: Our sports residents are full-time, salaried employees with a benefit package. Our Program does not have any tuition.
• Eligibility: Candidates must be eligible for physical therapy licensure in the state of Louisiana by direct licensure or via compact licensure.
• Application: Next available cohort begins September 2022. Applications are available at RFPTCAS.

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Program Details

• Location: Greater New Orleans Area, Louisiana
• Program Length: 13 Months
• Mentorship: All residents will receive at least 150 hours of one-on-one mentorship with board certified, residency-trained, and fellowship trained clinicians.
• Athletic Venue Coverage: All residents will complete at least 150 hours of athletic venue coverage hours at local universities and high schools.

Residency Program Mission

The Mission of the program is to enhance and elevate sports physical therapy practice by providing comprehensive education to promote clinical excellence, collaboration and innovation and provide evidence-based sports physical therapy services to clients in the Gulf South Region.

Residency Program Goals

The Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program Goals support our overall intent of graduating physical therapists that can be autonomous in their specialty field. A list of our specific program goals are as follows:

• Goal One: To support the mission, vision, and values of Ochsner Health System by elevating the practice of physical therapists serving the residents of the Gulf South Region.
• Goal Two: To provide the members of the communities of the Gulf South Region with residency-trained physical therapists who excel in sports practice, across all ages and levels of activity.
• Goal Three: To obtain and maintain APTA accreditation as a sports physical therapy residency.
• Goal Four: To be nationally recognized as a leader in residency training in sports physical therapy.
• Goal Five: To graduate residents who contribute to the profession of physical therapy, and the larger healthcare community, through leadership, evidence-based practice, teaching, and service.
• Goal Six: To graduate residents who will pursue board-certification through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) upon graduation.

Overview

Athletic Venue Coverage: Ochsner Health Sports Residents will complete athletic venue coverage at local universities and high schools. Our sports residents complete their event coverage under the supervision of Certified Athletic Trainers on the sidelines of games, during practices and in the athletic training room.

Didactic Curriculum: Didactic learning is offered primarily through weekly residency live lectures and labs on topics relating to sports physical therapy. Overlapping with our orthopedic residency program provides a comprehensive curriculum. Guided research activity is threaded throughout the program with the residents choosing a project based on their interests and available resources. Residents will have teaching opportunities as lab assistants in a local DPT program.

A Week in the Life of an Ochsner Orthopedic Resident

Clinical Practice

• One-on-one Mentoring: 3 hours
• Patient Care: 28 hours

Didactic

• Lecture and Labs: 5 hours
• Ochsner Sports Medicine Conference: 1 hour
• Resident-Led Journal Club: 30 minutes

Athletic Venue Coverage

• Athletic Training Room + Athletic Venue Coverage: 4 hours

Additional Opportunities

• Physician Collaboration: Clinic shadowing and surgery observation
• Teaching: Lab assistant in a DPT program
• Research: All residents will participate in the critical inquiry process with opportunities to develop research project designs that can be submitted for IRB approval.

Sport Curriculum Summary

Graduates of the Ochsner Health Sports Physical Therapy Residency will be well prepared to sit for the Sports Specialty Examination (SCS), along with becoming an integral part of the community through the creation of research, and community outreach.

Ochsner Sports Residency Graduation Rates

Ochsner Sports Residency Board Specialty Exam Data

National Board Certification Examination Passing Rates for First-Time Test Takers 2020 (Source)

Sports Physical Therapy Residency Director

Mark Gutierrez, PT, DPT
Board Certified in Sports
Board Certified in Orthopedics
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy Physical Therapy
mark.gutierrez@ochsner.org

Sports Physical Therapy Residency Coordinator

Caitlyn Beltrani PT, DPT
Board Certified in Sports
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy Physical Therapy
caityln.beltrani@ochsner.org