Geriatric Physical Therapy Resident

Description

The Johns Hopkins Geriatric Physical Therapy Residency Program offers educational and clinical experiences aimed at training patient-centered clinicians who deliver compassionate and exceptional care in outpatient geriatric physical therapy. Our robust curriculum teaches evidence-informed practice, sound clinical decision making and effective communication across disciplines. The program is committed to cultivating a clinical environment that strives for excellence, embraces diversity, encourages innovation and fosters creativity. Through these efforts, we aim to increase the number of highly skilled and competent geriatric physical therapists, preparing them to serve the community as clinical specialists, advocates, mentors, scholars and investigators in the field of geriatrics.

 Program Details

• ABPTRFE developing program (candidacy status)
• Duration: 13 months
• Over 1,500 hours of clinical practice
• More than 150 hours of 1:1 clinical mentoring with board-certified clinicians

Program Benefits

• Salary and access to full-time employee benefits
• Earn credits toward a master’s, doctorate or postdoctorate degree, including Master of Public Health, through enrollment in a three-credit course on the epidemiology of aging at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• Outpatient rotation at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, acute care rotation at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and exposure  to home care through Johns Hopkins Care at Home and to skilled nursing facilities at Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Renaissance Unit
• Participation in the Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Continuing Education Series
• Option of taking either Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults o r the Johns Hopkins University Clinical Vestibular Competency Course
• Conference attendance  

The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care.

Diverse and inclusive, Johns Hopkins Medicine:

• Educates medical students, scientists, health care professionals and the public
• Conducts biomedical research
• Provides patient-centered medicine to prevent, diagnose and treat human illness.

The Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has been helping patients recover function since 1992. Our twenty convenient locations form the Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network, which provides comprehensive rehabilitation services and continuum of care to patients throughout Maryland.

For more information, check out: About Johns Hopkins Medicine, About Us | Johns Hopkins Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (hopkinsmedicine.org).

 **This is a position with Johns Hopkins Hospital.  This application is for the Fellowship position.  Invited candidates will undergo an additional application process with Human Resources at which time salary will be finalized.  Benefits are available.  More information can be found at Johns Hopkins Benefits Enrollment | Your benefits virtually (mybenefitsjhhs.com)

Qualifications

Qualified applicants:

1. Must be a graduate of an accredited physical therapy program,

2. Possess or be eligible to obtain a valid Maryland physical therapy license.  This requires taking and passing the FSBPT licensure exam by July PRIOR to the program start date.

3. Be eligible to work in the US without visa sponsership.

Application Instructions

Admissions will occur on a rolling basis and we are accepting one resident, so do not delay!

To apply, please submit: 

1. Current curriculum vitae
2. Graduate transcripts
3. 2 letters of recommendation
4. A personal statement
5. $50 application fee

Personal Statement Instructions: 

Please provide a 1-page personal statement in which you  address the following questions:

1. How do you plan to use your residency/fellowship training at JHM to advance you