After over a year of hard work by many, many highly talented and skilled professionals, we are pleased to be able to share the following: Evidence in Motion is credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association as a post-professional clinical residency program for physical therapists in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. Obviously, we are extremely excited and proud to be able to share this exciting news!!   For us, this is an important step for EIM in our work and mission to elevate the physical therapy profession and the role of physical therapists in health care delivery.  We seek to partner with and equip individual practitioners and physical therapy practices with premiere resources and training necessary for becoming leaders in evidence-based practice while  creating and promoting a culture of evidence-based practice within the physical therapy profession.   Plain and simple, we believe that post-professional residency and fellowship training for physical therapists is the most effective and efficient way to accomplish and realize the goals stated in APTA's Vision 2020 and we are committed to the task.  We also believe our programs are unique in the ability to make accessible and provide post-professional residency and fellowship training to large numbers of physical therapists, including new graduates, who otherwise would not be able to take advantage of this important aspect of professional development which is critical to the future of our profession.   Our programs are  centered around an advanced distributed distance learning model that utilizes the BlackBoard Learning Management System for didactic instruction, group projects,  and Virtual Grand Rounds.  For the clinical mentoring component of the program, we partner with high quality Network Partner practices across the nation that support and facilitate locally the clinical mentoring process for residents who are affiliated with or assigned to those Network Partner practices.  The end result is that PTs who are motivated to the task but don't want or are unable to move from their current location or place of employment now have the opportunity to participate in a world-class post-professional residency or fellowship training program. Our next class starts in January of 09.  If have an interest in pursuing residency and fellowship training and would like to learn more or want to take the next step, you can find further details about our program on the residency/fellowship link of our website.  Obviously e-mail and phone calls are always welcome. Once again, thanks to the many folks who have made this achievement possible and we look forward to working with our current and future residents and fellows as well as our valued current and future Network Partner practices in order to make a lasting impact on our profession.   Rob Wainner PT, PhD, EIM Residency Director   Julie Whitman PT, DScPT, EIM Fellowship Director (Source: MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com)
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