Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Progress

Well, we have started to announce our residency program which is really exciting! One of our clinicians did a presentation on another topic for a nearby PT program and was able to announce our residency to the class which will be graduating in December. And as mentioned in the last blog, we are getting ready to announce the residency on our company website in the coming weeks….I will keep everyone posted.

I had a meeting with another clinician this week and she is going to help me gather documents for the resident’s handbook. We have a pretty solid outline of what to include, but need to begin to gather the materials we find to be relevant and put them in a hard format for a resident to have when he/she arrives. It was also nice to have a fresh set of eyes looking at everything I have been working on and making sure things make sense from another person’s perspective.

I also took the time to begin to discuss curriculum with my colleague and believe this is where I will begin to focus my efforts. In thinking about the curriculum and what needs to be included in accordance with the Description of Specialty Practice (DSP). I have started to compile a list of physicians and surgeons in the area I would like to approach for participation in the residency program. I plan to discuss this with the clinic owners in the next week or two so we can begin to approach the doctors now and then I can develop the resident’s yearly calendar taking everyone’s schedule into consideration.


Jen Flug PT, DPT, OCS, SCS
Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance
www.premierptsp.com

Monday, July 2, 2012

Section 1 Completed!

Now that we have a pretty solid base for the residency (having Section 1 of the credentialing application to ABPTRFE all but completed) we are beginning to look towards the next few sections. However, we have decided now is a great time to announce our residency to begin the search for our first resident. In doing so, I have sat down with one of the owners to set some important dates. This has included the start date for the resident (who we hope will start early 2013), a date for when the applications will be due and a tentative date for when we would like to have selected a resident. This included building in time for interviews and allowing us adequate time as a clinic to select a candidate.

I have also spent a lot of time lately researching residency programs online to begin to develop the portion of our website that will house all of our residency information including the application for potential residents to fill out. I was able to learn a lot from other programs and really pinpoint what I felt was imperative for a potential resident to know about Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance prior to applying. We will be working with our website design team to get this information public. My goal is to have this information up and running by mid-July so tune in to see the website live and in action!


Jen Flug PT, DPT, OCS, SCS
Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance