Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency

Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Region is proud to offer a residency program designed to provide physical therapists with advanced knowledge and skill in a concentrated clinical environment.

The curriculum of this residency program is designed to provide physical therapists with advanced training in examination, clinical decision-making and treatment skills. The small group classroom and lab training sessions and one-on-one clinical supervision allow the clinical faculty to focus their instruction toward the individual needs of each resident. This program is recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association as a Credentialed Post professional Clinical Residency Program.

This residency begins mid December of each year and runs for 52 consecutive weeks. The clinical training in this residency program is fulfilled in two ten-hour days per week and the classroom and lab training occurs during 34 weekend days throughout residency year. Eighteen residents are accepted to participate in the program each year. The residents are employed and provide patient care at nine Kaiser Permanente Physical Therapy Clinics – located in Baldwin Park, Fontana, Los Angeles, Orange, Panorama City, San Diego, South Bay, West Los Angeles, and Woodland Hills. The residents are paid for the hours that they provide unsupervised patient care at the PT Resident rate (in Jan 2011, this rate was $26.00/hour with Benefits, $31.20/hour non-benefited). The residents also receive the Kaiser Permanente employee benefit package which includes health, hospital and disability insurance. The registration fee for the program is $500.00.

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CURRICULUM OUTLINE

Each resident receives:

• 288 hours of classroom/lab instruction
• 150 hours of 1:1 supervision while treating patients
• 850 hours of clinical practice
• 260 hours of resident directed learning activities

The content of the classroom, lab and clinical training in this residency encompass the following areas:

• Clinical Reasoning
• Lower Quadrant Physical Examination and Manual Treatment Procedures
• Lower Quadrant Biomechanical Examination and Treatment
• Clinical Research
• Interviewing and Communication Skills
• Upper Quadrant Physical Examination and Manual Treatment Procedures
• Upper Quadrant Biomechanical Examination and Treatment
• Scientific Basis of Orthopaedic PT Clinical Practice

The director of the program is Renee Rommero DPT, MPA, EdD
The coordinator of the curriculum of the program is Jason Tonley DPT, OCS

CLINICAL FACULTY

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

CURRICULUM COORDINATOR

To obtain more information about this residency, please contact:
Jason Tonley DPT, OCS| Jason.C.Tonley@kp.org
Voice Mail: (323) 857-2531