The didactic curriculum is offered through university-mediated courses and module instruction to provide the fellow with a comprehensive educational experience.

 

The university mediated didactic experiences will be offered through online and onsite formats at Texas Woman’s University and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. They are scheduled on an academic calendar, concurrent with the clinical experiences. The fellow will be enrolled in two to three independent study courses per residency year. It will progress from the foundational and clinical sciences to critical inquiry and evidence-based practice and culminates in the completion of a research project.

 

The module series curriculum learning modules will provide the fellow with focused learning experiences in a variety of formats: lecture, lab, and mentored discussions. The interdisciplinary module instructors serve as clinical specialists in the curriculum content and in patient-management. The goal of the module series is to provide a mechanism for knowledge acquisition and clinical application. The majority of module educational content will take place over 8 weekends between July-February. Each weekend will be 1-2 days long depending on content with resulting flexed time during the week.

 

Module weekend curriculum includes:

     • Translating the Science to Practice: Neuroplasticity and Motor Learning in Neurological Rehabilitation

     • Pathological Gait Analysis and Orthotic Intervention for Adults with Neurologic Dysfunction

     • Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Neurologic Therapist

     • Advancing Clinical Practice in Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation

     • Advanced Adult Vestibular Rehab Across the Continuum

     • Advancing Clinical Practice in Neurodegenerative Disease Rehabilitation

     • Advancing Clinical Practice in Spinal Cord Injury

     • Advancing Clinical Practice Techniques for People with Limb Loss

 

In addition to the weekend modules, the fellow will participate in afternoon educational curriculum that includes:
     • Neuropharmacology
     • Neuropsychology
     • Neuroimaging
     • Wheelchair Seating and Positioning
     • Health Promotion
     • Ethics
     • Health Care Administration
     • Integumentary Repair and Protection
     • Serial Casting
     • Electrical Stimulation
     • Clinical Education
     • And many more