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School Name: Surry Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description Surry Community College offers a two-year integrated PTA program. In this type of program, students take core courses such as Anatomy & Physiology and Psychology at the same time as they are taking their PTA specific courses. This type of program has the students all together in the same classes for the entire 5 semester program, allowing Read more...
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School Name: Southwestern Community CollegeSchool Specialties:
- Physical Therapist Assistant Program
General Program Description The program has a two-year integrated format comprised of five consecutive semesters in length. There is a new cohort admitted each August with graduation occurring May of the second year of study. The program is designed with 24 hours of general education and 50 hours of professional courses. The general education courses include English, general psychology, humanities, Read more... -
School Name: South College-AshevilleSchool Specialties:General Program Description The South College-Asheville Physical Therapist Assistant program is an eight (8) quarter program leading to an Associate of Applied Science degree. The mission of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program is to develop knowledgeable, motivated, and competent professionals who have entry-level skills necessary to meet the demands for a career in the profession of physical therapy, as a Read more...
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School Name: Nash Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description The program is a two-year (5 semester), full-time, day program including classroom, laboratory, and clinical education experiences. General education courses are completed in the first two semesters, PTA courses begin in the 2nd semester. Clinical Experiences All students complete three full-time clinical experiences starting the 4th semester of study. A variety of clinical learning opportunities are available Read more...
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School Name: Martin Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description The program follows an integrated two-year curricular arrangement and consists of five semesters. Full-time students average 18-20 hours in class each week including classroom and laboratory instruction. Students begin PTA course work during the first semester of the program and begin clinical education experiences in the fall semester of the second year. Students of an accepted class Read more...
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School Name: Guilford Technical Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description The PTA program consists of 27 credit hours of general education course work and 45 credit hours of PTA courses. The general education requirements include anatomy and physiology, physics, psychology, English, communications, and a humanities elective. Upon acceptance into the PTA program, students take courses associated with the practice and procedures of the physical therapy profession. Courses Read more...
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School Name: Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description The physical therapist assistant program includes related and professional courses sequenced throughout the 5 semester curriculum. The faculty consists of two full-time and one part-time faculty members with over 55 years of combined physical therapy clinical experience. One member is NDT certifiied. The program has a consortium arrangement with three other community colleges in southeastern North Carolina. Read more...
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School Name: Craven Community CollegeSchool Specialties:
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School Name: Central Piedmont Community CollegeSchool Specialties:General Program Description Students are admitted in May and complete the program 24 months later, in May. Each academic year includes a spring and fall semester. General education courses may be taken in the first summer semester and must be completed by the end of the first fall semester. The physical therapist assistant courses are taken in the fall and Read more...
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School Name: Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteSchool Specialties:General Program Description Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Physical Therapist Assistant Program is a 1 + 1 program serving Caldwell and Watauga county areas. To better serve the regional needs of the Physical Therapy community, CCC&TI’s PTA Program is designed to support transfer students from other community colleges and universities. It is the philosophy of the PTA program faculty Read more...