Your residency, engineered together.
BrainSmith works alongside your leadership as partner and consultant to co-design a residency that reflects your values, your care model, and your growth goals. Then we help you run it.
Six phases to a working residency.
Every engagement follows this co-design process. Some clinics move through it in weeks; others take a couple of months. The structure makes sure nothing gets missed.
Identify your values and clinical identity
We start by understanding what makes your practice yours: care philosophy, patient population, treatment specializations, and the clinical culture you want to build. A strategic conversation rather than a questionnaire, and it shapes everything downstream.
Explore courses and build your pathway
Together we review the BrainSmith course library, identify which modules fit, and flag the gaps where custom content needs to be developed. The result is a residency curriculum mapped to your patient population rather than a generic catalog.
Design the mentorship model
Every clinic's bandwidth is different. We help you choose and structure the right approach: training your senior staff as internal mentors, pairing residents with BrainSmith faculty, or a hybrid. Distance, on-site, and high-touch formats are all on the table.
Prepare your team
A residency only works if the people around the resident are equipped to support them. We plan training for senior clinicians, clinic managers, and anyone involved in the resident's development, so mentorship is systematic from day one.
Define length, cost, and the financial model
We build a financial model for your situation: program duration, tier selection, number of residents, and how it fits your compensation and benefits structure. You see the investment per resident, per month, and per year, with ROI math specific to your practice.
Go live and refine
Enrollment begins and BrainSmith stays engaged through the first cohort to monitor progress, adjust pacing, and confirm the program is delivering the outcomes you defined in phase one. After graduation, residents move to the Alumni Clinical Ladder and the next cohort begins.
What we bring. What you bring.
BrainSmith acts as your business partner and consultant through the entire process. Here is how the work divides.
BrainSmith delivers
Evidence-based curriculum library
Pre-built courses, case studies, and assessments ready to customize for your setting.
Custom content development
Courses specific to your population and clinical model, built where nothing exists yet.
Mentorship framework and faculty
Structured mentoring design, plus access to BrainSmith faculty for Elite and Intensive tiers.
Platform, tracking, and reporting
The technology layer: dashboards, assessments, progress tracking, and outcome documentation.
Financial and legal templates
TRA documents, ROI models, and compensation integration guidance.
Your clinic brings
Clinical vision and values
Your care philosophy, specialization goals, and what excellence means for your patients.
Resident candidates
New graduates or mid-career PTs ready for structured advancement within your practice.
Senior clinical staff, where available
Internal mentors we train and equip through the platform's Train the Trainer modules.
Commitment to the process
Protected time for residents, organizational buy-in, and the intent to build something lasting.
Two ways to run your program.
Most clinics use the BrainSmith platform directly. Larger organizations with an existing LMS can take the entire curriculum white-labeled into their own system.
BrainSmith-hosted
Residents access the full curriculum, assessments, and mentorship tools on the BrainSmith platform. We handle the technology; you focus on the training.
- Fully managed platform and infrastructure
- Administrator dashboard for clinic leadership
- Built-in progress tracking and milestone alerts
- No IT burden on your team
- Ideal for 1 to 15 resident seats
White-label integration
For clinic systems with an existing LMS or learning infrastructure. We deliver the curriculum and assessment framework into your platform, branded as your own.
- Full curriculum packaged for your LMS
- Your branding, your learner experience
- Assessment and competency frameworks included
- BrainSmith consulting on implementation
- Ideal for multi-site health systems
Visibility into every resident's progress.
Feedback loops and reporting are built into the program from day one, so clinic leadership always has the data it needs.
Competency progression
A real-time view of where each resident stands against defined milestones: who is on track, who needs support, and where the curriculum is landing.
Structured feedback
Scheduled performance summaries for clinic leadership: mentor evaluations, self-assessments, case review outcomes, and skill check-off documentation.
Program documentation
At graduation you receive a complete outcome report: competencies achieved, clinical hours logged, and ROI data you can present to stakeholders or use in recruiting.
During design we agree on the feedback formats that work for your leadership team: quarterly written reports, monthly dashboard reviews, real-time alerts, or direct mentor-to-owner conversations.
Ready to design yours?
Tell us about your organization and Stephanie Irwin, who leads Smart Residency design, will set up a first conversation.