Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences offers the Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. The one-year residency gives you opportunities to appreciate the diverse manifestations of disease and disability across various patient populations and specialties in the acute care setting.

Program highlights

Residents experience diverse inpatient populations with acute and acute-on-chronic disease at Mayo Clinic’s 400-bed Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona hospital campus. Residents will participate in clinical practice, including rotations through various specialty units in acute and critical care. Additional rotations include the observation unit, ambulatory surgery, and the Emergency Department.

Four hours of weekly one-on-one mentorship sessions provide opportunities for direct application with patients presenting complex conditions. These sessions deepen clinical reasoning and patient care management skills related to curriculum content.

Residents will participate in didactic components of the residency program, including online and in-person courses. They will complete independent study, readings, assignments, and interprofessional learning activities.

Completion and certification

Upon completion of the program, you will have:

• Training in evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning, and intervention strategies at the individual level. This supports depth and clarity in the high acuity, variable, and often fluctuating acute care hospital environment

• Development of practical skills required for the acute care setting, including clinical case management. Skills include patient, family, and caregiver education, advocacy, referral, consultation, and documentation related to geriatric care delivery. These skills support optimal and quality care for all patients

• Experience practicing according to ethical principles and legal requirements. This includes compliance with federal and state regulations, as well as Mayo Clinic policies, values, and standards of care. You will complete the APTA Core Competencies of a Physical Therapist Resident, covering seven domains of practice performance

After successfully completing this residency, you receive a certificate of completion from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. You also receive certification from the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education.

Program outcomes

Data for completion of residency and employment status post-graduation will be included here as it becomes available.

Accreditation information

The Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Residency is fully accredited by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

ABPTRFE
1111 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1488
Phone: 800-999-2782

For further details, see the accreditation information for Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences.