Why Learn With Us
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Graduate Physical Therapy Education is the nation’s premier training program for physical therapists ready to take their career to the next level. Joining our learning community means unparalleled mentoring, being immersed in an innovative clinical environment and working alongside the profession’s top faculty.
Our program has served as a model for graduate physical therapy education for over 30 years. With hundreds of alumni across the country, our graduates can be found modeling advanced clinical skills in private practices and teaching programs, mentoring developing clinicians, teaching at top programs and universities, leading research projects, running their own practices and holding leadership positions in industry associations.
We are committed to guiding you along your path to clinical excellence and transforming you into tomorrow’s leaders. We deliver a level of consistency and engagement in your mentorship experience that no one else can match. Residents and fellows-in-training are matched with mentors who deliver personalized one-on-one clinical guidance throughout the program. All of our mentors go through a rigorous mentor-the-mentor training program to ensure consistency in technique, instruction, and communications.
By learning at Kaiser Permanente, program participants have the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge as part of a state-of-the-art integrated health system that is a model for patient care worldwide. You’ll learn from faculty who has a long history of influencing the profession. Our staff includes founders of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, authors of the clinical practice guidelines, national experts in mentor training, leaders of national, state and local industry associations, and recipients of countless awards and honors.
Areas We Serve
Our programs include training sites all over Northern California. Since any of the 33 Northern California Kaiser Permanente Rehab Centers are potential training sites for us or our faculty can come to your clinic for mentoring, we can reach you in lots of places. Contact us for more details!
Program Office and Main Training Site:
Union City
Key Training Sites:
Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara and Stockton
Programs
Scholarships
Conference Scholarships for PT Students
Kaiser Permanente’s physical therapy education programs are dedicated to enriching the learning experience for future practitioners and are pleased to offer conference scholarships for physical therapist students. The scholarships, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Northern California Orthopaedic Residency and Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency programs, cover early bird student conference registration and provide a stipend for travel, lodging, and meals. Applicants must be a member of the APTA, a second or third year PT student at the time of the conference, and interested in pursuing a career in orthopedic, neurological, geriatric or sports physical therapy. Please check back for the next scholarship opportunity.
Congratulations to the recipients of our conference scholarships for the APTA’s 2019 Combined Sections Meeting, taking place Jan. 23-26, 2019 in Washington, D.C.