Mentoring.Feeling held back? Not growing in your current position? The mentoring you were promised never came to fruition? I've been in your shoes. My efforts at self study and expensive continuing education courses left me with a limited understanding of how to actually implement my new knowledge into clinical practice. I'd use manual therapy techniques for a week or so before falling back into my normal mix from my toolbox. You have to actively make the decision to become an advanced clinician. It doesn't come without the help of those around you. Take charge of your career path and become the orthopedic specialist your peers and patients consider elite. Create your own learning experience with the help of someone who has been there and mastered that. Find out how you can change the course of your career today. |
You can choose a different path.
This movie has been produced way too many times. Here you are embarking on a new journey after just passing your board exam and ready to change lives. You spend so much time trying to keep up with your documentation system and a full schedule, you don't realize its been months or even a year since your started your job and that mentoring you were promised is no where to be found.
Its all about you.
As much as I love getting my patients better, I am passionate about bettering those around me. My goal is to meet you where you are currently and help you take your career to the next level. Take a look at the blogs to see if my approach to our profession aligns with who you are as a clinician.
"Every time you take action, you cast a vote for the kind of person you want to be."
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In my career, I have had the opportunity to mentor many different types of learning styles and levels of experienced clinicians ranging from new grads to sport/orthopedic residents to veteran PTs. My philosophy is that in order to excel, you must appreciate the process. Becoming a specialist or a fellow is more than just studying for a test or getting letters. If you respect the process of what it takes to become better, you will surprise yourself and will for sure be among a distinct group of practitioners that is admired within our profession. |
Structured learning
Preparing for the orthopedic specialist exam? Not sure how to integrate recent literature into your clinical practice? Learn to think beyond the traditional applications of physical therapy.
Develop a step by step framework that is specific to your educational weaknesses and challenge yourself to incorporate available evidence into your delivery of patient care.
If you're unsure if this is your pathway, a good place to start is with the free monthly journal club.
Develop a step by step framework that is specific to your educational weaknesses and challenge yourself to incorporate available evidence into your delivery of patient care.
If you're unsure if this is your pathway, a good place to start is with the free monthly journal club.
Learn manual therapy with a fellow
There's truly something special about seeing quick results with patient outcomes by simply approaching each treatment session as it's own unique puzzle. Have you found efficient ways of performing pre- and post- test ways of assessing if your techniques are effective or not? There is nothing worse than attending a continuing education course over the weekend with a booklet of techniques that you have no clue of how to integrate into your treatment sessions.
Here's your chance to learn from a fellowship trained clinician that is certified in manual and manipulative physical therapy. Here we sharpen your skills with these techniques and learn how to effectively add them to your daily toolbox.
Manual Therapy Review (Time: 3 hour minimum), Group size (2 therapists minimum)
$75.00
Interested in perfecting your manual therapy skills with a fellowship trained PT?
Grab a partner and let's set up a review session. With a price of only $25/hour per person, it'll be hard to find a better value for the money. Currently for physical therapists in the south Florida area only.
For further details and questions, email Chris Thurston directly at [email protected]
Case Studies
Mentoring and guidance from a fellow on how to merge critical thinking ability, clinical skills and diagnostic competence to effectively present cases that stand out among your colleagues and other healthcare practitioners.
Test yourself with some of the cases listed. Do you find yourself having to look up more information or does your thought process align with what's presented? Only you can answer that question honestly.
Test yourself with some of the cases listed. Do you find yourself having to look up more information or does your thought process align with what's presented? Only you can answer that question honestly.
Mentoring: Case Studies (Three 45-minute sessions)
$120.00
Mentoring: Case Studies (Three 45-minute sessions)
One-on-one mentoring reviewing real cases. Here we work together to take your clinical reasoning to the next level. By learning to implement the perfect balance of available evidence , patient preferences and clinical knowledge, we can get your patient's better much quicker and increase your efficiency as a therapist. You'll learn how to ask the right questions to get the information that will really help you solve difficult cases. Learn to utilize outcome measures for goal setting and connecting with your patients.
One-on-one mentoring reviewing real cases. Here we work together to take your clinical reasoning to the next level. By learning to implement the perfect balance of available evidence , patient preferences and clinical knowledge, we can get your patient's better much quicker and increase your efficiency as a therapist. You'll learn how to ask the right questions to get the information that will really help you solve difficult cases. Learn to utilize outcome measures for goal setting and connecting with your patients.