物理治疗师助理

学生/研究生水平目标:

• The PTA program is designed to help prepare graduates for entry-level practice as physical therapist assistants who will work under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist in an ethical, legal, safe, and effective manner.
• The PTA program is designed to help prepare graduates to demonstrate entry-level critical thinking skills to effectively address patient care situations and to adapt to the rapidly changing challenges in healthcare and physical therapist assistant responsibilities.

Program Level Goals:

• The PTA program is designed to help educate the students in cultural diversity, 有效的沟通和专业行为.
• The PTA education program is designed to help facilitate participation in community service and lifelong learning activities.
• The PTA Program is designed to help provide a contemporary, comprehensive and evidence-based curriculum appropriate for an entry level physical therapist assistant.

目标:

• The PTA faculty is designed to engage in on-going professional development related to enhancing knowledge of contemporary physical therapy practice, pedagogy, and service.

Newport News Campus:

• 2021 - 2022年的毕业率为79%.
• National Physical Therapy Exam for 物理治疗师助理s first time pass rate 2021 – 2022 is: 71%.
• National Physical Therapy Exam for 物理治疗师助理s ultimate pass rate 2021 – 2022 is: 89%.
• PTA graduates who sought employment that were employed within 12 months of graduation for 2021 – 2022 is 97%.

Richmond Campus:

• 2021 - 2022年的毕业率为92%.
• National Physical Therapy Exam for 物理治疗师助理s first time pass rate 2021 – 2022 is: 80%.
• National Physical Therapy Exam for 物理治疗师助理s ultimate pass rate 2021 – 2022 is: 96%.
• PTA graduates who sought employment that were employed within 12 months of graduation for 2021 – 2022 is 98%.

The 物理治疗师助理计划 is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 哪一项需要计算就业率. These annual rates, as reported in the program’s Annual Accreditation Report (AAR), are calculated as the percentage of graduates who sought employment that were employed as a 物理治疗师助理 within one year following graduation. This accreditor has established the employment rate threshold as the employment rate averaged over the most recent two years that is consistent with national trends as determined by annual reporting mechanisms. Therefore, this rate represents the program’s employment rate averaged over the most recent two years (graduating cohorts 2021 – 2022).