Mission of the Ola Grimsby Institute
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The mission of the Ola Grimsby Institute is to significantly impact the type of care available to orthopedic manual physical therapy patients. We do this by enabling our students, who are practicing manual physical therapists, to design scientifically-based treatments for the health of each individual patient, resulting in a reduced number of treatments and improved outcomes.
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Philosophy of the Ola Grimsby Institute
People Helping People |
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The faculty and administration of the Ola Grimsby Institute believe in the power of people helping people, and we strive to apply this belief to the students, faculty, staff, therapists and patients associated with the Institute. We believe that when one person is helped, everyone is a little better for it. We are therefore dedicated to helping as many people as possible by expanding the practice of orthopaedic manual physical therapy based on clinical expertise and the most current understanding of the human neuro-muscular-skeletal systems.
As an internationally-focused, professional education consortium, we design all of our programs with respect to the social, cultural, and professional implications unique to each region in which our programs are offered. This means that elements such as curricula, presentation, and pricing structures are designed to serve the students - and their patients - in each unique part of the world where the Ola Grimsby Institute operates.
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Knowledge and Practice |
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The Institute believes that a physical therapist's competence is developed through the pursuit of active learning in two domains:
- Knowledge - Integrating a thorough understanding of anatomy, physiology and biomechanical function with the process of clinical reasoning, analysis, diagnosis and decision-making.
- Practice - Extensive hands-on experience with patients to achieve the advanced manual skills for assessment and intervention of movement dysfunction.
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Ongoing Education |
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The Institute believes that the professional development of the physical therapist is an ongoing and continuous path; therefore, one of the Institute's responsibilities is to provide practicing physical therapists and other healthcare professionals with instructional programs in outpatient orthopaedic manual therapy that are current and inclusive of evolving research.
The progression of our ongoing professional education programs includes Clinical Certification, followed by our Doctoral Degree residency, both of which can be achieved in the course of one year. Our second-year residency results in a Fellowship Certification.
Following the third year of clinical specialization, students may be awarded the Ph.D. in Orthopedic Manual Therapy degree.
As a degree granting institution, the broad goal of our research program is to provide the profession with evidence-based information necessary to support the future development of physical and manual therapy.
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Quality Patient Care at Lower Cost |
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The Institute places quality of orthopaedic manual therapy above all else in the training of our students and the care of our patients. We have supporting evidence that by providing physical therapists with advanced training, in orthopaedic manual physical therapy, they become more effective and efficient.
The achievement through this philosophy and practice is better patient outcomes in less time, resulting in the decreased cost of services.
Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that physical therapists who complete our residency programs have a higher level of personal satisfaction in the performance of their work compared with physical therapists without our residency education.
Research also shows a radical increase in the perception of their clinical competence, as well as a reduction in the number of treatments necessary in order to gain full recovery from spinal as well as extremity interventions.
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