Your Residency, Engineered Together.
BrainSmith doesn't hand you a box. We sit down with you as business partners and consultants to co-design a residency program 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—but the structure ensures nothing gets missed.
Identify Your Values & Clinical Identity
We start by understanding what makes your practice yours—your care philosophy, patient population, treatment specializations, and the clinical culture you want to build. This isn't a questionnaire. It's a strategic conversation that shapes everything downstream.
Explore Courses & Build Your Pathway
Together we review the BrainSmith course library, identify which existing modules fit your needs, and flag any gaps where custom content needs to be developed. You get a residency curriculum mapped to your specific patient population—not a generic catalog.
Design the Mentorship Model
Every clinic's bandwidth is different. We work with you to choose and structure the right mentorship approach—whether that's training your senior staff as internal mentors, pairing residents with BrainSmith faculty, or building a hybrid model. 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 discuss training needs for senior clinicians, clinic managers, and any staff involved in the resident's development—so mentorship isn't ad-hoc, it's systematic.
Define Length, Cost & Financial Model
We build a financial model tailored to your situation—program duration, tier selection, number of residents, and how this fits into your compensation and benefits structure. You'll see exactly what the investment looks like per resident, per month, and annually, along with the ROI math specific to your practice.
Go Live and Refine
Enrollment begins. We don't disappear—BrainSmith stays engaged through the first cohort to monitor progress, adjust pacing, and ensure the program is delivering on the outcomes you defined in Phase 1. After graduation, residents transition 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's how the work divides.
BrainSmith Delivers
Evidence-based curriculum library
Pre-built courses, case studies, and assessments ready to be customized for your setting.
Custom content development
We build what doesn't exist yet—courses specific to your population and clinical model.
Mentorship framework & faculty
Structured mentoring design, plus access to BrainSmith faculty for Elite and Intensive tiers.
Platform, tracking & reporting
The technology layer—dashboards, assessments, progress tracking, and outcome documentation.
Financial & legal templates
TRA documents, ROI models, and compensation integration guidance.
Your Clinic Brings
Clinical vision & 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 (if applicable)
Internal mentors we'll 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. But if your organization is large enough and has an existing LMS, we can white-label the entire curriculum into your system.
BrainSmith-Hosted
Your residents access the full curriculum, assessments, and mentorship tools through 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 1–15 resident seats
White-Label Integration
For larger clinic systems with an existing LMS or learning infrastructure. We deliver our curriculum content 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
You'll never wonder how a resident is doing. We build feedback loops and reporting options into the program from day one—so clinic leadership always has the data they need.
Competency Progression Dashboard
Real-time view of where each resident stands against defined milestones. See who's on track, who needs support, and where the curriculum is landing.
Structured Feedback Reports
Scheduled performance summaries delivered to clinic leadership. Options include mentor evaluations, self-assessments, case review outcomes, and skill check-off documentation.
Program Outcome Documentation
At graduation, you receive a complete outcome report: competencies achieved, clinical hours logged, and demonstrable ROI data you can present to stakeholders or use in recruitment marketing.