CATALOG - University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Period of FellowshipThe University of St. Augustine offers full-time and part-time fellowships at our St. Augustine and SanDiego campuses, as well as, off campus sites. The fellowship period is a minimum of 12 months andmaximum of 36 months. Fellowships are available around the United States, based on mentor availability.Mentors are required to be a Fellow of AAOMPT.Responsibility and Learning ActivitiesParticipants are responsible for their progress in the fellowship program. The fellowship is a demandingclinical learning experience designed to bring out the best in each candidate. Expected learning experienceswill be developed at the beginning of the fellowship during discussions between the participant and theclinical faculty. However, both the faculty and participant must remain flexible to possible changes that mayoccur in the schedule.Clinical The fellow in training will achieve in the program 440 patient care hours, of which 160 are mentoredhours. A total of 100 spinal hours and 60 extremity hours of didactic work will be in manual therapy.Didactic Advanced training in examination, evaluation, clinical reasoning, in orthopaedic manual therapy skills, andpatient management based upon the practice dimensions described in the Advanced Description of SpecialtyPractice for Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the AAOMPT Education Standards of Practice. Body regionscovered include cranial/mandibular, cervical spine, thoracic spine/ribs, lumbar spine, pelvicgirdle/sacroiliac/coccyx/abdomen, shoulder/shoulder girdle, arm/elbow, wrist/hand, hip, thigh/knee,leg/ankle/foot. Courses include: Evidence Based Research, Medical Diagnostics, Foundations of Clinical Orthopaedics,Professional Communications, Educational Theory, Basic Craniofascial, Pharmacology, Imaging, ClinicalInstructor Credentialing, E1: Extremity Evaluation and Manipulation, E2: Extremity Integration, S1: Intro tospinal evaluation and Manipulation, S2: Advanced Evaluation and Manipulation of Lumbar Thoracic Spine,S3: Advanced Evaluation and Manipulation of CranioFacial, Cervical and Upper Thoracic Spine, S4:Functional Analysis and Management of Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Complex, MF1: Myofacial Manipulation, ManualTherapy Certification or Review, Thrust, and Imaging Seminar. Participants can also earn academic credit towards the transitional DPT, or EdD programs at the University ofSt. Augustine.Scholarly Activities Produce a scholarly product which is disseminated to the professional community, e.g poster and/orplatform presentation, publication in peer reviewed journal Participation in journal clubs and case rounds Opportunity to teach and mentor entry level DPT students Attendance at AAOMPT annual conferenceProgram Tuition and CostsMentor fees for fellowships are negotiable between fellow and mentor. The cost of the fellowship is variabledepending on the background of didactic work of the applicant. Seminar and online course fees couldaverage between $2,000.00 to $6,000.00. There is a non refundable $50.00 application processing fee, andan administrative cost of $1,000.00 per semester ($3,000.00 total). Fellows will also attend the APTA's CIcredentialing course, currently offered for $150.00, (included in the range of total).CredentialingThe university received approval from APTA to become a credentialed orthopaedic manual physical therapyprogram in 2003 and was re-credentialed in 2008.129