Departmental Fast Facts

Program Options

• 3+3 Program for High school students interested in the DPT
  
  
• Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT)
  
  
• Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (tDPT)

Schedule of Classes

• DPT: Full-time for 36 months: Monday to Friday, typically 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with occasional evening classes. Didactic, laboratory and clinical education components are integrated throughout the program.
• tDPT: part-time hybrid design, which includes online coursework and one or two weekend days of on-site classes per course. The tDPT program may be completed in as few as 12 months.

Key Equipment

• An on-campus Human Performance Laboratory features instrumentation for the study and analysis of human gait, motion, energy expenditure and performance. Dr. Marcus Besser, a faculty member and mechanical engineer, is the lab director. Students visit the laboratory during coursework for a number of courses.

Accreditation

• The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree by the Jefferson College of Health Professions. Graduates are eligible to take the national licensure examination and students must pass this examination in order to practice. Other requirements for physical therapy practice vary from state to state according to physical therapy practice acts or state regulations governing physical therapy.