{"id":10168,"date":"2023-09-01T07:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?page_id=10168"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:08:45","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/careers-education\/graduate-medical-education\/our-programs\/sports-physical-therapy-residency-program\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum &amp; Didactics \u2013 Sports Physical Therapy Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_4d5c5895c7a8ac6ef9463907f851e98f\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-gray-cool-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curriculum-amp-didactics-sports-physical-therapy\">Curriculum &amp; Didactics \u2013 Sports Physical Therapy<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_c6d95f79448befef6cddd7be481e35bf\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-to-expect-in-our-sports-physical-therapy-program\">What to Expect in Our Sports Physical Therapy Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical\">Clinical<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One-on-one mentoring at OSU on-the-field coverage (2 hours\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-on-one clinical mentoring at Samaritan Athletic Medicine Center (2-3 hours\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-on-one clinical mentoring in the OSU football athletic training room (1.5 hours\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-mentored patient care (27 hours\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physician shadowing (30 hours\/year).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athletic training room athlete care at OSU, Linn-Benton Community College and local high schools (3 to 5 hours\/week).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-didactic\">Didactic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Weekly journal club conference (0.5 hour\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekly residency didactic conference (1&nbsp;hour\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekly online supplemental coursework (1-2 hours\/week).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monthly mentored examination\/evaluation &amp; manual therapy labs (2 hours\/month).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monthly acute injury case management think tank (0.5 hour\/month).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bi-monthly mentored therapeutic exercise progression labs (1&nbsp;hour\/month).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) attendance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual collaboration with a Samaritan Orthopedic Surgeon to develop a post-operative, evidence based rehabilitation guideline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sports-coverage-4-to-10-hours-week\">Sports Coverage (4 to 10 hours\/week)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>OSU sports team game and practice coverage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local high school sports team game and practice coverage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linn-Benton Community College sports game and practice coverage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Willamette Valley athletic event coverage (2-3 hours\/quarter).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GME-Sports-Medicine-Curriculum-Calendar-321.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Our Curriculum Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_1f2a2c1bda34f7bc516517cf3b56f322\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-gold-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-we-re-proud-of-our-100-nbsp-pass-rate\"><strong>We\u2019re Proud of Our 100%\u00a0Pass Rate <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Our program graduates have a\u00a0100%\u00a0Sports Physical Therapy Board Certification pass rate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_c6d95f79448befef6cddd7be481e35bf\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resident-Selected Tracks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaritan Athletic Medicine is a central provider and collaborator in various Sports Medicine and Sports Performance teams in the Corvallis community. As such, we are able to provide our Sports PT Residents with opportunities above and beyond the ABPTRFE\u2019s requirements for Sports Specialty Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_85436e169b5abed69208acf2969ab097\" class=\"shs-block accordion is-style-fill\">\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion_title_69f20857c729e3.02072633\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-control\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c72a53.39996552\">Sports Performance Track <span class=\"iconfont-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<section\n\t\tid=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c72a53.39996552\"\n\t\tclass=\"accordion-panel\"\n\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion_title_69f20857c729e3.02072633\" style=\"height:0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p>The Sports Performance Track of the sports residency includes two major components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-programming\">Programming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The resident will use administrative and non-clinical time to dive deeper into advanced strength and conditioning programming for sports performance across the athletic career through readings, didactic content and discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coaching\">Coaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The resident will spend coverage hours in the sports performance centers of Samaritan Athletic Medicine and Oregon State University applying sports performance principals, culminating in aiding SAM Elite with summer sports performance programs for middle and high school athletes, and assisting in the onboarding Bridge Program for OSU Athletics in June and July of their final year in the Residency Program.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_72cf1763d81982ec653ceb7a21f7cad5\" class=\"shs-block accordion is-style-fill\">\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion_title_69f20857c744e2.31816666\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-control\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c74508.64611099\">Research Track <span class=\"iconfont-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<section\n\t\tid=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c74508.64611099\"\n\t\tclass=\"accordion-panel\"\n\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion_title_69f20857c744e2.31816666\" style=\"height:0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p>The Research Track is designed to assist you in the research process. You will learn how to conduct a literature review, design a simple study, submit an IRB application, collect and analyze data, and disseminate your findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-purpose\">Purpose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To facilitate skills in research design, leadership, project management and critical inquiry in post-professional residency education with a focus in sports physical therapy.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_84289bb7378e05bb2d64ba5904e4afee\" class=\"shs-block accordion is-style-fill\">\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion_title_69f20857c75a31.21408612\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-control\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c75a40.14852292\">Division I Athletic Track <span class=\"iconfont-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<section\n\t\tid=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c75a40.14852292\"\n\t\tclass=\"accordion-panel\"\n\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion_title_69f20857c75a31.21408612\" style=\"height:0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p>The Division I Athletics Track allows the Resident to self-select a sport at the Division I level to<em>&nbsp;potentially<\/em>&nbsp;become more involved with &#8211; this involvement will&nbsp;<em>always<\/em>&nbsp;be contingent on the need and personnel available to make this a valuable experience. Once selected and approved by the Program Director\/Associate Program Director and relevant OSU team staff, the Resident would be assigned to this team for the final 1-2 quarters of the Residency program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This track allows the Resident to work alongside the team\u2019s AT, AT students and coaching staff to collaborate on pre-habilitation, rehabilitation and practice\/game coverage with the selected sport as needed.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_3b90c55945d9cff4a3f0dcc0d0d50e7d\" class=\"shs-block accordion is-style-fill\">\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion_title_69f20857c76f42.97977985\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-control\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c76f53.09696200\">Outreach Athletics Track <span class=\"iconfont-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<section\n\t\tid=\"accordion_panel_69f20857c76f53.09696200\"\n\t\tclass=\"accordion-panel\"\n\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion_title_69f20857c76f42.97977985\" style=\"height:0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p>The Outreach Athletics Track the Resident to increase involvement in the community at either the high-school or community college level &#8211; this involvement will&nbsp;<em>always<\/em>&nbsp;be contingent on the need and personnel available to make this a valuable experience. 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