Doctor of Physical Therapy Programs

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  1. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    Doctor of Physical Therapy Programs

    Does anyone know any online doctor of physical therapy programs?

    Any other online programs to become a doctor or medical field worker of some sort?

    Thank you.
     
  2. truckie270

    truckie270 New Member

    How would an online PT program even work in your mind? The school mails you some cadaver knees and you get to manipulate them at the kitchen table on your own time? Just curious, because I am pretty sure I would want any physical therapist working on me to have actually attended a class or two.
     
  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  4. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Boston University: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    Program Details -- tDPT Degree -- Sargent at Boston University

    Boston University: Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy
    Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program Online -- Sargent at Boston University

    UNC-Chapel Hill: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    University of North Carolina Online: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program

    Utica College: Online Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (ppDPT)
    Doctor of Physical Therapy Program | Online ppDPT Degree | Utica College Online

    A.T. Still: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    Transitional Physical Therapy Program Online | A.T. Still University

    Northeastern University: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    Doctor of Physical Therapy Online | Northeastern College of Professional Studies

    Des Moines University: Online Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (ppDPT)
    Post-professional doctor of physical therapy - Des Moines University

    University of St. Augustine For Health Sciences (DETC): Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy | University of St. Augustine

    University of South Alabama: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
    Web-based Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program for Licensed Physical Therapists

    University of South Dakota: Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT)
    http://www.usd.edu/continuing-and-distance-education/upload/TDPT.pdf

    The College of St. Scholastica: tDPT
    Transitional DPT Program - Online Physical Therapy Degree | The College of St. Scholastica

    Temple University: tDPT
    Online Transition Doctor of Physical Therapy | College of Health Professions and Social Work

    MGH Institute of Health Professions: tDPT
    Online Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT) Courses - MGH Institute - Boston, MA

    University of Michigan-Flint: tDPT
    Online Post-Professional Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (t-DPT)

    University of Tennessee-Chattanooga: tDPT
    UTC Physical Therapy | Home

    Governors State University: tDPT
    Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (t-DPT) - Department of Physical Therapy - College of Health and Human Services - Governors State University

    Arcadia University: tDPT
    Arcadia University - Physical Therapy Transitional D.P.T. Program
    Simmons School of Nursing and Health Science: D.P.T. Transitional Bridge Program
    Introduction : D.P.T. Transitional Bridge Program : Physical Therapy : Programs : School of Nursing and Health Sciences : Simmons College

    Loma Linda University: DSc in Physical Therapy
    Physical Therapy Sciences - Post-professional Doctor of Science in Physical Therapy (DSc)
     
  5. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    Great thanks. These are all post professional dpts. You have to be a licensed pt to enroll.
     
  6. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Loma Linda is a DSc.
     
  7. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Shawn - You asked for a doctoral program in PT. Surely you understood that you'd need to have a solid background in PT in order to be admitted into a doctoral program. Do you have a background in any medical field?
     
  8. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Likewise that was my understanding as regards the OPs request.
     
  9. Hokiephile

    Hokiephile New Member

    The new entry level credential to be a PT is the doctoral degree, believe it or not. He's needs an undergraduate degree in but not in physical therapy. Used to be a master's program but naturally they have to increase the cost and amount of time required to become a physical therapist in order to increase the amount of money the schools make and the PTs charge the insurance companies. Another example of credentials creep.

    The transitions programs are so current PTs can upgrade themselves.

    I agree that you're not going to find the non-transitional program online since there's too much clinical and hands-on stuff involved.
     
  10. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    OK, I don't believe it. You can become a licensed Physical Therapist with a Bachelors degree (plus experience and and exam, etc. Here's my proof:

    General Laws: CHAPTER 112, Section 23I

    I'd like you to show us the law that say you have to have a PhD in order to become a licensed Physical Therapist.
     
  11. Hokiephile

    Hokiephile New Member

    Yes, you can still get licensed, but the movement is toward the doctorate as the entry level requirement. Just like back in the day when pharmacists were 5 year bachelor's degrees and gradually the Pharm.D. became the entry level degree. It doesn't happen over night, but it happens. That's why it's called creep.
     
  12. Hokiephile

    Hokiephile New Member

    SUNY Stony Brook: " Welcome to the website for the Stony Brook University Entry-Level Physical Therapy (DPT) Program."
    Welcome to the Entry-Level Doctorate in Physical Therapy Program

    As a part of its vision, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) [2] passed in 2000, Vision 2020 that states: "By 2020, physical therapy will be provided by physical therapists who are doctors of physical therapy, recognized by consumers and other health care professionals as the practitioners of choice to whom consumers have direct access for the diagnosis of, interventions for, and prevention of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities related to movement, function, and health."
    Doctor of Physical Therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Nova Southeastern Entry Level program: Entry Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Program | Nova Southeastern University

    Rocky Mountain U: "Doctor of Physical Therapy (Entry-level)"
    Doctor of Physical Therapy (Entry-level) - Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

    University of Maryland: "Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)" University of Maryland School of Medicine

    I could go on but the list is too long. Just type "physical therapy doctorate entry level" into google to get the long, long list of schools touting their entry level doctorates in PT.
     
  13. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    My prediction: It'll never happen. You can become an RN without even a Bachelors degree but you need a PhD in order to become a licensed, practicing Physical Therapist? There's not a single health care profession (including MDs) with standards that high. It'll never happen. The APTA can have all the visions they want but AFAIC they're just hallucinating. This is true not just because it's crazy and unrealistic, it's true because licensure is controlled by the individual 50 states, not APTA.
     
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  14. Hokiephile

    Hokiephile New Member

    It's not a Ph.D. It's a professional doctorate like the J.D., Pharm.D., Ed.D, O.D. It's all part of the credential creep. If you google as I said above you'll see all the schools have switched to it because that's what the professional association says they should do. And it is happening. The PTs at the PT place I went all had the doctorate, and they had several interns from the local program.
     
  15. Arch23

    Arch23 New Member

    The move has already started. In California, for instance, there were so many bachelor's and master's degree programs until a few years ago. Now, almost all bachelor's programs are gone and the master's degree programs are on their way out. A friend of mine in Cal State Northridge's master's program said that talks are ongoing regarding the phase out of their program in preparation for the switch to the doctoral program. When I was confined at Glendale Memorial Hospital for five weeks a few months ago, ALL the five different PTs who treated me were aware of the forthcoming changes (apparently, it's "news" among practicing PTs), with three of them saying that they were going to upgrade their credentials by pursuing the DPT ("just a few more courses plus research")...
     
  16. Arch23

    Arch23 New Member

    Also, while licensure is controlled by individual states, states will not issue licences to graduates of PT programs not accredited by APTA's Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (APTA - Accredited PT and PTA Programs).
     
  17. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    OK guys, I guess I got it wrong because it hasn't happened in my neighborhood. Sorry for the argument.
     
  18. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    Not participating in this particular thread but remember Kizmet, this is a discussion board. If we all offered the same opinions every thread would be two posts long, one question and one answer.
     
  19. Cyber

    Cyber New Member

    To be admitted into a DPT program, you need a bachelor degree in anything plus specific lab-based science courses and a good GRE score. Below is a typical requirement for entry into DPT (transitional DPT is for licenced PTs with master or bachelors degree):

    Prerequisite Course Work (copied from Governor State University website)
    The following courses (in semester credit-hours) or their equivalents are minimum prerequisites for entry into the Doctor of Physical Therapy program:

    General biology with lab (8)
    General chemistry with lab (8)
    One additional biology or chemistry course with lab (4). This must be a 200-level or higher course such as Organic Chemistry with lab (CHEM 322/323), Cell Biology with lab (BIOL 370/371), or Human Physiology I and II with lab (BIOL 444/445/446/447)
    Anatomy with lab (4-8); two semester sequence of 100-level Human Anatomy and Physiology with lab (8) OR one semester of 200-level or higher with lab (4) such as Comparative Anatomy (BIOL 360/361)
    General Physics with lab (8) (PHYS 352/353 and PHYS 362/363)
    Statistics (3) (STAT 520)
    Medical Terminology (1) (HLSC 550) or Computer Application: Medical Terminology for the Health Professional (OCCT 400)
    General Psychology (3) (PSYC 310)
    Abnormal Psychology (3) (PSYC 430)
    Developmental Psychology (3), such as Seasons of Life (PSYC 516) or Cognitive Development (PSYC 523)
    Orientation to Physical Therapy (2) (PHYT 320)
    Special Admission Requirements

    In addition to meeting university admissions criteria, applicants must: have a bachelor's degree, any major, with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale; achieve a minimum of 1,000 points combined on the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE); and have appropriate prerequisite course work with a minimum prerequisite G.P.A. of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
     
  20. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Gee thanks JB, I'll try to remember that this is a discussion board.:laugh2:
     

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