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Training & Curriculum

Mission Statement

The Physical Therapy Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Residency Program strives to provide a high level of clinical training to our residents that accelerates their professional development in becoming a:

  • Highly skilled patient care provider
  • Resource, educator and mentor to others in the community that they serve
  • Competent consumer and contributor to the scientific literature
  • Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy     

Residency Goals & Objectives

  • Provide an environment that fosters the facilitation and acceleration of the resident to attain advanced clinical skills to offer the highest level of care to patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diagnoses that is evidence-based and results-oriented.
  • Provide academic and clinical training for our residents to become a resource, educator and mentor to others in the community they serve.
  • Provide academic training and mentoring for our residents to become a competent consumer and contributor to scientific literature.
  • Provide a mechanism to assess program effectiveness with curriculum, operational needs and resource sustainability (e.g., productivity and financial logistics), with actions/changes taken as necessary.
  • Obtain and maintain ABPTRFE credentialing as a post-professional clinical residency program.

Curriculum

The program’s comprehensive curriculum is developed from and addresses the most recent version of the Description of Residency Practice (DRP). All curriculum components complement each other to enhance the participant’s learning. The organization of the program’s curriculum ensures congruency between didactic and clinical components. The curriculum provides a structure for the designation of types, lengths and sequencing of learning experiences that ensures the achievement of the program’s outcomes.

Research

Exposure to research opportunities within the department is included in the residency program.

Have Questions or Need Help?

Contact us if you would like to learn more about the Physical Therapy Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Residency Program at Cedars-Sinai.

Maria Cecilia Alpasan, Clinical Operations Manager