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School Name: Western University of Health SciencesSchool Specialties:General Program Description The program’s format is a 3-year curriculum in a semester system. Each semester is between 12 and 18 weeks in length. Four clinical experiences are integrated throughout the program to provide students an opportunity to apply the didactic information at appropriate intervals in the curriculum. The first year consists of two 18-week semesters and a third 9-week Read more...
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School Name: University of the PacificSchool Specialties:General Program Description The physical therapist professional education program consists of 25 months of classroom, laboratory, and clinical learning. A new class enters each fall. The program has nine full-time academic faculty members and several physical therapists, physicians and other health care professionals from the community actively engaged in the learning experiences. The mission of Pacific’s physical therapy program is Read more...
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School Name: University of St Augustine for Health SciencesSchool Specialties:General Program Description This program is a branch of the physical therapist education program at University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in St. Augustine, Florida. The curriculum and expected outcomes are similar between the two programs, but the faculty and location are available in the city of San Marcos in San Diego County. The University offers a DPT as Read more...
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School Name: University of Southern CaliforniaSchool Specialties:General Program Description The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program provides the required educational preparation for a professional career as a physical therapist. Program graduates are knowledgeable, self-assured, adaptable, reflective, and service-oriented practitioners who by virtue of critical thinking and ethical values render informed and independent judgments concerning patient/client needs, promote the health and quality of life of the client, Read more...
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School Name: University of California, San FranciscoSchool Specialties:General Program Description The UCSF/SFSU Joint Graduate Program in Physical Therapy provides a comprehensive educational foundation to develop and prepare scholarly clinicians, educators, collaborative clinical researchers, administrative managers, and community leaders in Physical Therapy. The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading medical center with an international reputation. In addition to physical therapy course work, students have the Read more...
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School Name: Samuel Merritt UniversitySchool Specialties:General Program Description The entry-level, doctor of physical therapy program is designed around several important approaches to learning so that graduates excel in serving patients and clients as practitioners capable of autonomous decisions as part of a health care team. Courses are designed to progressively build critical thinking, clinical decision-making and clinical reasoning skills with increasingly complex patient problems. Courses Read more...
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School Name: Mount Saint Mary's UniversitySchool Specialties:General Program Description The program offers professional education based on a foundation of liberal arts and sciences. It is a three-year program (120 units) of academic rigor requiring full-time study. Concentration on the basic and clinical sciences is integrated with physical therapy management principles and skills. Presentation of foundational sciences occurs prior to clinical application and the appreciation of normal Read more...
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School Name: Loma Linda UniversitySchool Specialties:General Program Description The entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a full time, week day program. The curriculum requires a minimum of 138 quarter units of prerequisites taken at a regionally accredited institution 3 years of professional course work at Loma Linda University. The applicant is not required to have an earned Bachelors degree prior to acceptance. The Read more...
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School Name: Chapman UniversitySchool Specialties:General Program Description The DPT program at Chapman is grounded in science, as a basic understanding of how the body works and heals itself provides a foundation upon which clinical reasoning can be developed. The curriculum leading to the Doctor of Physical Therapy requires 3 calendar years of full-time enrollment and consists of 125 units, with clinical experiences integrated through Read more...
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School Name: California State University, SacramentoSchool Specialties:General Program Description The Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum integrates evidence from the scientific and professional literature to inform didactic instruction, laboratory experiences, and applied clinical practice internships under the supervision of licensed physical therapists. The curriculum provides opportunities for students’ interactions with patients with pathology under faculty supervision in on-campus experiences. A video example of students interacting with patients Read more...