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Tuition: Shared among FIT and Upstream Rehabilitation

• Fellows are eligible for full benefit package as a URI partner employee

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

Minimum Requirements

• Candidates must be an employee of an URI partner clinic upon the time of matriculation and have graduated from an accredited OT or PT program
• Current OT or PT state licensure with modalities certification (if applicable)
• Ability to carry a 40%+ hand/UE caseload during Fellowship
• Identification of CHT Mentor of same profession (preferable) within reasonable distance for frequent travel
• ASHT membership (may begin in January of cohort year-membership fees not prorated); AOTA/APTA recommended – -replace with below
  • Active ASHT membership required prior to introductory course material; AOTA/APTA membership recommended
• 2 letters of reference (regional director and either clinic director or mentoring therapist, recommended)
• 6 months of hand therapy clinical caseload experience upon program matriculation
• Ongoing access to clinic equipment and supplies necessary for orthosis fabrication
• IAMT’s Upper Quarter Examination and Treatments course within past 12 months by June 2025

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• 12 months experience in hand/UE rehabilitation in an outpatient orthopedic setting
• Recommended pre-Fellowship coursework: URI’s Intro to Hand Therapy and Intro to Orthoses coursework (or similar)

*Finalists will be interviewed prior to acceptance into the program.

Program acceptance is competitive with a limited number of seats available, prioritized for those who meet minimum criteria for:

• required experience level
• approved regional mentor
• hand therapy program growth plan approved by RVP

For those selected, pre-program introductory online modules may be assigned and are to be completed prior to program matriculation.