{"id":786,"date":"2018-05-22T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/physical-therapy-monmouth-university\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:48:41","slug":"physical-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/physical-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Career in Physical Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"\"><div class=\"aside-body\"><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/\">General Information on Health Profession Careers<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eeeddb none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid;\">Career information on this page is to help students begin to prepare for continuing education after completion of their undergraduate degree at Monmouth. Every student should seek out further information on these potential careers through professional organizations and websites for each graduate program he or she intends to apply.<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/aside>\n<p>Physical therapists (PTs) provide treatment to those of all ages that have medical conditions that prevent them from moving or adequately performing daily functions. PTs develop treatment plans to help patients move, reduce their pain, restore function, and prevent further injury. Today&#8217;s physical therapist is required to complete a graduate degree &#8211; either a master&#8217;s or clinical doctorate &#8211; from an accredited education program. A growing majority of programs offer the Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) degree. Currently, there are 199 colleges and universities that support 212 accredited professional physical therapist education programs; 96% of those now offer the D.P.T., and the remaining programs are planning to convert in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-requisite requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One course in biology (pre-medical level)<\/li>\n<li>One year of general chemistry with laboratory<\/li>\n<li>One year of anatomy and physiology with laboratory<\/li>\n<li>One year of physics with laboratory<\/li>\n<li>One course in statistics<\/li>\n<li>One course in psychology<\/li>\n<li>Standardized test scores (GRE, MCAT, or other exam, which varies by school)<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to a variety of physical therapy experiences<\/li>\n<li>Interpersonal skills (determined by the interview process)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on this career, visit the <a title=\"American Physical Therapy Association\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apta.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Physical Therapy Association<\/a> Web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical Therapy Prerequisite Requirements for Professional Schools Physical therapists (PTs) provide treatment to those of all ages that have medical conditions that prevent them from moving or adequately performing daily functions. PTs develop treatment plans to help patients move, reduce their pain, and restore function, and prevent further injury. Though there are currently some Masters-degree level PT programs, it is anticipated that by the year 2009, 99% of programs will be accredited to award the professional \u201cDoctor of Physical Therapy\u201d (DPT) degree. Pre-requisite requirements: One course in biology (pre-medical level) One year of general chemistry with laboratory One year of anatomy and physiology with laboratory One year of physics with laboratory One course in statistics One course in psychology Standardized test scores (GRE, MCAT, or other exam, which varies by school) Exposure to a variety of physical therapy experiences Interpersonal skills (determined by the interview process) For more information on this career, visit the American Physical Therapy Association Web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions\/1367"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}