Residency/Fellowship Education SIG


Λ‡The Residency/Fellowship Education Special Interest Group of the APTA Academy of Education, APTA provides a forum where residency/fellowship faculty including program directors, coordinators and mentors promote excellence in residency education by providing collaborative opportunities for educational research, exploring opportunities for curricular development, enhancing resident clinical reasoning skills and discussing resources available for assessment in residency education.




RFESIG Think Tank Compendium




  • To provide a vehicle for enhancing communication among those invested in residency/fellowship education.
  • To promote cooperative efforts among residency/fellowship programs in advancing and improving curriculum.
  • To serve as a resource for collaboration in research for the advancement of resident/fellowship education.
  • To assist in the advancement of skilled clinical mentorship for all resident/fellowship faculty.

Distinguished Mentor in Residency/Fellowship Education Award is to be given to recognize excellence in Residency/Fellowship mentoring

 
AWARD ELIGIBILITY / CRITERIA INCLUDE
  1. Each recipient will be an Academy of PT Education member who is currently engaged or has demonstrated life-long engagement in residency/fellowship education.
  2. Each recipient will have distinguished himself or herself through excellence in mentoring residents/fellows in an ABPTRFE accredited program.
  3. Each recipient will have distinguished himself or herself in a clinical specialty area as evidenced by mentoring experience, continued education, practice, patient outcomes and/or residency/fellowship outcomes.
  4. Have been engaged in Residency/Fellowship mentoring for at least 3 years

Individuals who are current members of the Academy of Education Board of Directors, the APTA Board of Directors, or APTA Staff are not eligible for the award and may not participate in the nomination process.

 
NOMINATION PROCEDURE:

To submit nominations for the Academy of Education Awards, please click the link to be taken to our new submission system. You will be required to create an account in order to submit; this login does not need to match your APTA or Academy login. Creating an account will allow you to save your draft submission and return to complete and submit at a later time. Please note: draft submissions must be submitted in order to be considered.

Deadline to submit Award Nominations: November 1

Please contact academy@aptaeducation.org with any questions.

Awards Portal
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Share information here about learning activities/forms from your program that you feel are innovative in the areas identified by our Think Tank (ethics, mentoring, leadership, statistics, clinical reasoning, ). Include your name, email, residency/fellowship name, organization name, and a description of the learning materials and how they are used within your program.
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To view the SIG Standing Rules, please click here. 
LEADERSHIP
Treasurer/Secretary: Kristel Maes PT, DPT 
Membership Secretary: Martha Bloyer PT, DPT 
Nominating Committee Chair: Casey Unverzagt PT, DPT, DSc 
Nominating Committee:  Kristina Stein PT, MPT 
Communications Committee Chair: Kris Neelon