Physical Therapist Assistant Program
The steady increase of today’s baby boomer generation has produced many career opportunities in the physical therapy field. With Pennsylvania having the nation’s second oldest population, Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry predicts the need for physical therapist assistants (PTA) to increase 15% through 2014.
The PTA program at California University of Pennsylvania began in 1999 and was reaccredited in May 2007 for 10 years by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
This program is a two-year associate degree program in which you will earn an Associate of Applied Science degree in physical therapist assistant. Physical therapist assistants work in partnership with physical therapists to provide rehabilitation services for individuals who are unable to function due to neuromuscular disease or neuromuscular injury, or want to improve function via prevention. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants provide services to individuals to improve their level of functioning and improve quality of life.
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