Didactic Curriculum - Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency

Didactic learning is offered primarily through weekly residency lectures and labs. This overlaps with our sports residency program to provide 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: 32 hours

Didactic

• Lecture and Labs: 5 hours
• Ochsner Sports Medicine Conference: 1 hour
• Journal club: 30 minutes

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.

Orthopedic Curriculum Summary