Application Process
How to apply
The Residency and Fellowship Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service (RF-PTCAS) is the preferred method to apply to the Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency. Interviews are by invitation only and will be conducted on a rolling basis.
(The St. Luke’s Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Program does not sponsor visas)
ABPTRFE has granted the St Luke’s University Health Network Pediatric Residency Program candidacy status. Candidacy status signifies satisfactory progress toward accreditation. Achieving candidacy status is not an indication that ABPTRFE will grant initial accreditation. Participants who graduate from a program in candidacy status are not deemed to have completed an accredited program.
Minimum eligibility
- All applicants must have a valid license to practice PT in Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey or be eligible to sit for the NPTE before the start date.
- All applicants must be a current member of the APTA and Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy.
- All applicants must have three (3) letters of recommendation. If you are a recent graduate, include a letter of recommendation from one of your clinical instructors.
- All applicants must demonstrate through their personal statement and/or letters of recommendation a strong commitment to the philosophy of the specialty of pediatrics and the principles of the St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency.
- Acceptance into the program is provisional provided the candidate meets all employment eligibility requirements of SLUHN.
- The deadline for the application submission is rolling.
