What Is the Core-4 Series Lab?
The Core-4 Series Lab is a focused, half-day, hands-on orthopedic training experience built around case-based clinical reasoning and immediate clinical carryover.
Each lab helps participants practice how to assess a regional case, interpret findings, choose a starting intervention, reassess response, and make better next-step decisions. The specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering, but the consistent focus is clinical decision-making, foundational orthopedic confidence, and practical patient management.
This is not a passive lecture course and it is not intended to cover every condition or technique within a region. It is designed to help participants build a stronger framework for thinking through orthopedic patient care.
Register for a single Core-4 orthopedic lab. Each lab is a focused, half-day, hands-on training session designed to help PT/PTA students, new graduates, and early-career clinicians build a stronger foundation in orthopedic clinical reasoning, treatment selection, reassessment, and patient management.
Core-4 labs are organized by region. Specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering, but every lab is built around practical decision-making, hands-on skill development, and immediate clinical carryover.
- Highbar Physical Therapy in Cranston, RI
- Peak Physical Therapy in Braintree, MA
- Joint Ventures Physical Therapy in Boston, MA
⏱ 4 Contact Hours
✅ Approved: RI, MA, CT, VT, NH, ME
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💰 $99 / Lab
Course Details
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Format | In-person half-day hands-on lab |
| Duration | 4 contact hours |
| CEU Approval | APTA Massachusetts approved. Confirm exact acceptance wording for RI, MA, CT, NH, VT, and ME before publishing. |
| Who Can Attend | PT/PTA students, new graduates, PTs, and PTAs seeking foundational orthopedic clinical reasoning development. Confirm final eligibility language before publishing. |
| Price | $99 per lab |
| Bundle Price | $299 for all 4 labs |
Choose Your Lab
- Lumbopelvic Core-4 — A regional orthopedic lab focused on lumbopelvic clinical reasoning and patient management. Specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering.
- Cervicothoracic Core-4 — A regional orthopedic lab focused on cervicothoracic and upper-quarter clinical reasoning. Specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering.
- Upper Extremity Core-4 — A regional orthopedic lab focused on upper-extremity clinical reasoning and patient management. Specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering.
- Lower Extremity Core-4 — A regional orthopedic lab focused on lower-extremity clinical reasoning and patient management. Specific cases and treatment emphasis may vary by offering.
What You’ll Gain
- A more organized approach to regional orthopedic patient care
- Practice identifying the main clinical problem in a case
- Clearer connection between exam findings, treatment selection, and reassessment
- Better confidence choosing a starting point when the case is not obvious
- Hands-on practice with clinical decision-making and treatment modification
- A stronger foundation for future mentorship and advanced training
Who Should Attend
- PT and PTA students preparing for clinical practice
- New graduates building confidence with orthopedic patient care
- Early-career clinicians seeking a more organized decision-making framework
- Clinicians who want to strengthen foundational assessment, treatment sequencing, and reassessment habits
- Clinicians considering future mentorship, residency, COMT, COPTA, weekend intensives, or specialist training