Show Sports Physical Therapy programs the clinician behind your application

Question practice

Questions drawn from the realities of Sports Physical Therapy

Practise explaining the clinical decisions, patient conversations and career experiences that matter in Sports Physical Therapy—then handle follow-ups that ask for evidence behind your first answer.

1. 01

   What aspects of the return-to-sport planning continuum, from acute injury to full competition, do you find most challenging and most rewarding?

2. 02

   Describe your approach to performing a pre-participation physical screening for a group of college athletes. What are the essential components and why are they important?

3. 03

   Describe a time you had to deliver difficult news to an athlete regarding their prognosis or timeline for return to sport. How did you approach the conversation?

4. 04

   You are treating an athlete who is self-funding their physical therapy, but their treatment requires expensive specialized equipment or prolonged sessions. How do you ethically balance effective care with financial considerations?

5. 05

   What role do patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) play in your assessment and progression of athletes in sports rehabilitation?

6. 06

   How do you see yourself contributing to the culture of our sports physical therapy department and the broader sports medicine team?