PTMENTORS is a virtual physical therapy mentorship program for physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs). The mission of PTMENTORS is to deliver exceptional and innovative mentorship to physical therapists to make them more productive and successful.
Dr. Ryan Schouweiler, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT is the founder of PTMENTORS. Dr. Schouweiler graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2013. He completed an orthopedic physical therapy residency program with the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and Meriter Hospital in 2015.
Dr. Schouweiler currently works at Heath In Motion, an outpatient orthopedic private practice, in northern Wisconsin and serves as the clinic leader for the Rhinelander location.
Dr. Schouweiler's mentoring experience covers a wide audience from high school and undergraduate students interested in physical therapy, PT and PTA students as a CI, new hires at his clinic, and PTs going through an orthopedic residency.
Dr. Ryan Schouweiler, PT, DPT, OCS, founder of PTMENTORS, has always had a passion for mentoring and teaching. Early on in his career he was involved with mentoring PT and PTA students as a CI, teaching Advanced Anatomy and Physiology at a local technical college, teaching an orthopedic lab examination to medical students, mentoring new hires at the PT clinic he works at, and mentoring PTs while going through an orthopedic residency.
At one point he was asked what gives him job satisfaction. It was at this moment that he realized how much satisfaction he receives from mentoring other PTs and PTAs. With PTs and PTAs giving feedback on how much they valued the mentorship experience, he began to brainstorm how he could start doing this on a larger scale. After many discussions on how this could work, PTMENTORS was born.