Comments on: Physical Therapy Colleges: Programs of Study http://www.eduardokac.org/physical-therapy-colleges-programs-of-study.html physical therapy articles Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:21:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cowgirl http://www.eduardokac.org/physical-therapy-colleges-programs-of-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-16 cowgirl Tue, 19 May 2009 08:51:41 +0000 http://www.eduardokac.org/?p=14#comment-16 Your biology degree will probably cover several credits you need to take as part of the prerequisite program for the graduate phase of physical therapy. You will probably need to take additional classes such as physics and psychology. Yet, this courses will vary between schools. The growing trend is that you will have to complete a bachelor's degree first...it could be in anything...biology, kinesiology, health sciences, etc. What matters most is that you complete the PT prerequisites. Obviously, a major that encompassess these classes will get you there the quickest. Then you would apply to the graduate phase of the program which is usually an additional three years. The program is rigerous...expect to spend about 20 hours or more in class, plus extra time in labs and observing in the clinic. The job is highly variable and depends on the setting in which your work. Home health therapists travel throughout the day, hospital therapists are very busy and on their feet a lot, outpatient therapists focus heavily on evaluation and problem solving. I would suggest you go to the APTA website at: http://www.apta.org and go to the education programs section where you can get a list of and a link to all the US programs. Then, you can start figuring out which classes each program requires for admission. Your biology degree will probably cover several credits you need to take as part of the prerequisite program for the graduate phase of physical therapy. You will probably need to take additional classes such as physics and psychology. Yet, this courses will vary between schools.

The growing trend is that you will have to complete a bachelor's degree first…it could be in anything…biology, kinesiology, health sciences, etc. What matters most is that you complete the PT prerequisites. Obviously, a major that encompassess these classes will get you there the quickest. Then you would apply to the graduate phase of the program which is usually an additional three years.

The program is rigerous…expect to spend about 20 hours or more in class, plus extra time in labs and observing in the clinic.

The job is highly variable and depends on the setting in which your work. Home health therapists travel throughout the day, hospital therapists are very busy and on their feet a lot, outpatient therapists focus heavily on evaluation and problem solving.

I would suggest you go to the APTA website at: http://www.apta.org and go to the education programs section where you can get a list of and a link to all the US programs. Then, you can start figuring out which classes each program requires for admission.

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