The UPMC/CRS Sports Residency offers two residency positions with slightly different tracks.  

Professional Athlete Focus:

This position has two specific sports venue coverage components.  During the first 9 months, the resident spends two days a week in the athletic training room at Carnegie Mellon University with a sports residency faculty member to treat any athletes who require post-operative PT.  During the second half of the program, the resident spends a minimum of 10 hours/week in the training room with the Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club.

Youth Athlete Focus:

This position focuses on the treatment of high school aged athletes during the first year of the residency.  The resident spends 2-3 afternoons per week providing on-field and training room coverage at a local high school with one of our staff athletic trainers.  This allows for a wide variety of sport experiences including but not limited to football, soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball and track and field.  During the final 5-6 months of the program the resident is assigned to assist in the Pitt Department of Athletics, primarily with Men's and Women's basketball

The Sports Residency is 18 months

Responsibilities:

• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic 
• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment 
• Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status 
• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards 
• Co-signs physical therapist assistant documentation biweekly 
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable 
• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members 
• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

• Cumulative experiences that indicate interest and high performance in residency area based on strong academic performance and clinical rotation evaluations

• Evidence of emerging skills in clinical reasoning and application of acquired skills

• In order to be considered for this residency program, you must complete both the UPMC application as well as the RF-PTCAS application

Licensure, Certifications and Clearances:

Physical Therapist  
Act 33 Child Clearance with Renewal 
Act 34 Criminal Clearance with Renewal 
Act 73 FBI Clearance 
Basic Life Support OR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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