Physical Therapy Dr. Yingling

Department of Kinesiology

Vanessa.yingling@csueastbay.edu

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Growth Outlook for Employment

• 36% increase in employment 2012-2022

• Median Pay 2012: $79,860 per year

• Terminal Degree Needed: Doctorate of Physical Therapy (Clinical Doctorate)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15

Edition, Physical Therapists, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm (visited February 22, 2014).

Work Environment

Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists 33%

Hospitals; state, local, and private 28

Home health care services 11

Nursing and residential care facilities 7

Offices of physicians 5

Education

• Accredited Program (CAPTE) (Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education)

• 218 programs (2013)

• Licensed Profession

• Must pass National Physical Therapy Exam

• Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy • (https://www.fsbpt.org/)

• Clinical residency programs after graduation

• Board-certified specialists (http://www.abpts.org/home.aspx)

• Cardiovascular and Pulmonary

• Clinical Electrophysiology

• Geriatrics,

• Neurology,

• Orthopaedics,

• Pediatrics

• Sports

• Women's Health.

Courses in Curriculum

• Biomechanics

• Anatomy

• Physiology

• Neuroscience

• Pharmacology

• Clinical Rotations

• Cohort based Education

• Basic Sciences Patho-Sciences Rehab Sciences

Competitive Field

Stats for Accepted PT Students for 2012-2013

Mean Cum GPA 3.5

Mean Pre-Req GPA 3.49

Science GPA 3.44

Mean Quantitative GRE 155

Mean Verbal GRE 153

Mean Analytic Writing

GRE

4.2

http://www.ptcas.org/uploadedFiles/PTCASorg/About_PTCAS/PTCASApplicantDataRpt.pdf

Total Applicants in PTCAS Total Accepted

Applicants in PTCAS State

# % # %

California 1,677 10.74 678 9.45

Florida 768 4.92 329 4.58

Applications: How to Start

• What schools offer PT and how do I compare them.

• Where can I find information on the program specifics (class size, faculty: student ratios, tuition, outcomes (board pass rates) etc) and if the program is accredited?

• http://www.capteonline.org/apta/directories/accreditedschools.aspx?type=PT&navID=10737421958

• http://www.ptcas.org/Directory/

• CAPTE: Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy

Education

• PTCAS: Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service

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3.

4.

5.

6.

http://www.ptcas.org/Directory/

Reference Information for each Program

School

GPAc

um

GPA

prereq Tuition

GRE

(analytical)

Letters

of Rec

Hours(inpatient&

outpatient)

PTCA

S(July)

#

enroll

ed

#acce

pted

App

open

App

fee

Locatio

n

Azusa Pacific California 3.0 3.0

$95,55

0 4 3 100 yes 40 Oct. 1 $45 Azusa

Chapman University 3.0 3.0

$104,7

24 3.5 0 40 yes 50 Orange

CSU Fresno 3.0

$67,85

2 4 3 100 yes 32 Oct.15 Fresno

CSU Long Beach 3.0 3.0

$72,66

6 3 100 yes 95 40 Oct. 1

Long

Beach

CSU Northridge 3.0 3.0

$84,28

2 3 200 yes 32 Oct.

Northri

dge

CSU Sacramento 2.5 3.0

$77,86

8 3.5 2 100 yes 96 32

Sacram

ento

Loma Linda University 3.0 3.2

$84,66

3 80 yes 64 Aug. 1

Loma

Linda

Mount St. Mary's College 3.0 3.0

$94,20

0 3 yes 90 35

Los

Angele

s

Samuel Merritt University 2.8 2.6

$102,2

85 2 40 inpatient only yes 38

Oaklan

d

University of Southern

California 3.0 3.0

$146,4

90 150 yes 94

Los

Angele

s

University of St. Augustine

for Health Sciences 3.0

$96,71

2 4 4 80 363 50 Dec. 15 $50

San

Marcos

University of the Pacific 3.0 3.0

$53,71

8 (2yr) 3.5 3 50 yes 150 36

Pomon

a

UCSF/SFSU 3.0 3.0 4.5 3 150 32

San

Francis

co

Western University of

Health Sciences 2.8 3 3 100 yes 378 52

Applications: How to Start

• How do I start my application on PTCAS?

• http://www.ptcas.org/Checklist/

• Review powerpoint slides

• APPLY EARLY! It can take up to 4-5 weeks for

PTCAS to process your file, once it is complete.

Tentative Date for 2015-16 PTCAS Application to Open

July 1st, 2015

NOTE: July 6th, 2016 PTCAS OPEN for 2016-17 Cycle. BUT PTCAS will NOT pull your

application data forward from the 2015-16 cycle. They are making changes.

PTCAS GPA Calculation Rules

Repeated Courses

Failed Courses

Study Abroad

Foreign Coursework

AP/CLEP/IB

Audit

Deferred

Inst/Dept Exam

Incomplete

Pass/Fail

Withdrawn

EXCLUDED:

INCLUDED:

PTCAS will email you when your GPAs are posted online

http://www.ptcas.org/GPA/

Pre requisites

• How do I find the pre-requisite requirements for each

program?

• http://www.ptcas.org/uploadedFiles/PTCASorg/Directory

/Prerequisites/PTCASCoursePreReqsSummary.pdf

How do I know if all my

schools use PTCAS?

• How do I find out if the schools that I am interested in

use PTCAS?

• http://www.ptcas.org/ptcas/public/allprograms.aspx?listor

der=state&navID=10737426784

Professional Associations

• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA):

http://www.apta.org/AboutUs/

• California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA):

http://www.ccapta.org/

Stay Current on Developments in your Profession

FOR MORE INFORMATION See Dr. Yingling: vanessa.yingling@csueastbay.edu