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Physical Therapy,
DPT
Physical therapy is a health care profession whose purpose is the promotion of human health and function by application of theory to identify, assess, remediate or prevent human movement dysfunction. Physical therapists are concerned with the physical well-being of their clients and patients, but also recognize the need to understand and respond to the sociocultural beliefs of the person and family receiving physical therapy services. Physical therapists accept full responsibility for the patients or clients in their care and for the development of their profession.
The primary missions of the Department of Physical Therapy are:
to provide the opportunity for individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds to enter the physical therapy profession;
to prepare physical therapy practitioners to meet the health care needs of society;
to discover and convey knowledge related to physical therapy; and
to provide services to the academic, professional, and public communities.
Campus
Location:
Health Science
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before 4:30 p.m.
Department
Information
Temple University, Department of Physical Therapy, 3307 N. Broad St,.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Deptpt@blue.temple.edu
215-707-4815
Ranking:
Temple’s entry-level program was ranked fifteenth in the country by US News and World Report in its last ranking of PT programs in 2000.
Accreditation:
True
The DPT program has interim accreditation status granted by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.
Areas
of Specialization:
The Department of Physical Therapy prepares physical therapy practitioners of the highest caliber through its professional doctorate degree program and confers a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree at the successful conclusion of the program. Students enter the program from diverse cultural, experiential and educational backgrounds. The program’s curriculum:
is based on the disablement model;
emphasizes practice based on theory and evidence and their interactions;
includes an understanding of population issues of disease and health;
includes knowledge of the measurement properties of tests and measures used in examining patients;
utilizes the patient care management model;
includes attention to biological, social and cultural differences over the lifespan and their influence on health and disease;
emphasizes continuous ethical behavior;
emphasizes lifelong professional development.
The program educates graduates to practice ethically in diverse health care fields.
Job
Placement:
DPT graduates practice physical therapy in a wide variety of settings including acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home care, schools, out-patient practices, and wellness centers. These practices focus on health care across the life span including pediatrics, geriatrics, neurology, orthopedics, and sports physical therapy. These practices include many facilities owned by physical therapists, as well as other not-for-profit and for-profit facilities.
Affiliation(s):
Interdisciplinary
Study :
Study
Abroad:
Licensure:
True
Graduates of the entry-level DPT program need to successfully pass the National Physical Therapy Examination. This licensure is required in all jurisdictions of the United States.
Non-degree
Student Policy:
All courses in the DPT program are limited to enrolled matriculated students, except by permission of the instructor.
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