What are you looking for in a mentor?

Mentoring is a key component for development in any profession. In the realm of physical therapy, mentoring has a strong emphasis on building advanced clinical reasoning skills that allows you to treat even the most complicated cases with confidence.

The mentor prepares the mentee to use evidence and multiple sources of information to make decisions about patient care and practice.

Mentors provide ideas, thoughts and insights that challenge and enable you to see beyond your immediate circle of influence. The right mentor can be transformative for your skills, ability to lead and career longevity in many ways.

Unfortunately, new graduates are often promised an avenue for personal development that never comes to fruition. For those who have decided to pursue being mentored, here are a few of the benefits of this relationship:

• Immediate change in patient outcomes: from day 1 you will see a change in your patients' response to treatment
  
  
• Increase your confidence as a therapist by accelerating your growth as a clinician
  
  
• Take part in a program that is specifically designed for you in your  quest of becoming a better therapist and orthopedic specialist 
  
  
• Transformation from a new clinician to an advanced clinician that your peers and patients will notice

The YFF Mission

About YFF

 The YFF mission is to help you surpass your goals of becoming an advanced practitioner by introducing a  learning format that actually translates into clinical application and advanced clinical reasoning. Here lies the strongest part of the program.

As your mentor, you and I collaborate to establish an initial and ongoing assessment process throughout your learning experience

• A Fellow: graduate of an American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (AAOMPT) fellowship program
  
  
• A Specialist: Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist
  
  
• A Motivator: ready to help you become the practitioner you envisioned yourself being by teaching you the art of self reflection
  

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. "