Comments on: Physical Therapy Schools http://www.eduardokac.org/physical-therapy-schools.html physical therapy articles Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:21:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: megann:) http://www.eduardokac.org/physical-therapy-schools.html/comment-page-1#comment-17 megann:) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:43:57 +0000 http://www.eduardokac.org/?p=15#comment-17 You can not get a BS in PT. You can only get a masters or a clinical doctorate. The masters programs are being phased out. There are less than 20 in the US. To earn a DPT, you can do a 3+3 program. You enter as a freshman, take the prereqs and after 3 years you begin in the PT program as long as you have the grades. When you graduate you will have a BS in what ever the college set up and a Doctorate in PT. or you do the BS+3. You earn a BS in anything (typically exercise science, biology, kinesiology, natural science). You need to earn the right Pre req for the college. Then you apply to a DPT program anywhere and spend 3 years. This option take one extra year. Here is the link to the list of schools http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Career_as_PT_PTA&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=242&ContentID=31095 This is the list of requirements for all of the PT programs. http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=43269 Please email me if you have questions. You can not get a BS in PT. You can only get a masters or a clinical doctorate. The masters programs are being phased out. There are less than 20 in the US.

To earn a DPT, you can do a 3+3 program. You enter as a freshman, take the prereqs and after 3 years you begin in the PT program as long as you have the grades. When you graduate you will have a BS in what ever the college set up and a Doctorate in PT.

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you do the BS+3. You earn a BS in anything (typically exercise science, biology, kinesiology, natural science). You need to earn the right Pre req for the college. Then you apply to a DPT program anywhere and spend 3 years. This option take one extra year.

Here is the link to the list of schools

http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Career_as_PT_PTA&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=242&ContentID=31095

This is the list of requirements for all of the PT programs.

http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=43269

Please email me if you have questions.

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