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Undergrad Major - May 6, 2003 8:40:00 AM
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Jewels0503
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I am currently in college, and I have decided that I want to go into PT. My question is what is the best undergrad degree to get? I am currently an early childhood education major. I am not too far along in the program so it would not be difficult to switch to a major in something like Biology. Should I change majors? Or does it not really matter? What do most PT's major in? Thank you.
Julie
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Re: Undergrad Major - May 6, 2003 9:12:00 AM
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ptace
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Almost any undergrad major can be used towards PT school as long as you have all the required coursework. The most common majors are biology, psycology, and biopsych. Majors in related fields can be very helpful when you get to PT school such as exercise science, kinesiology, and athletic training. I am an athletic training major, and I was pre-PT. I've been rather turned off by the whole physical therapy profession so I'm no longer thinking about PT school.
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Re: Undergrad Major - May 6, 2003 10:40:00 AM
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PTstud
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Its simple... Look at the websites of the PT programs near you (or those that you would apply to). There you will see that every program has some pre-requesites (physics, stats, chem, vert phys...) that you must complete before applying. Most DONT require a degree, just that you have completed the pre-reqs and basics for a total of 90 hours. Half the people in my class have no undergrad degrees.
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Re: Undergrad Major - May 6, 2003 12:13:00 PM
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jma
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Hello,
If you go to the American Physical Therapy website at: [URL=http://www.apta.org,]http://www.apta.org,[/URL] you will find schools listed by state and their associated weblinks or contact info. It is wise to request information that they can send you for free about specific requirements. Yes, you can choose any major as long as you meet the requirements. Just remember that not all PT programs have the same requirements. It varies from school to school. In addition, you must have exposure to the field as well. How cant this be done? By volunteering in a hospital PT dept or an outpatient clinic. You are required to accumulate a certain number of hours of exposure to PT. There are some programs that require references, whether it be in a letter or a form that they send you to be filled out, along with your application and other things they might need. Hope this helps.
JMA
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Re: Undergrad Major - May 16, 2003 9:54:00 AM
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coloradojulie
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The PT profession is an excellent profession. When you review the debates on this website understand the nature of the forum is to debate issues of the field and not necessarily do they reflect dissatisfaction with what we do. It is unfortunate that PTace lost interest in the field, however you may want to investigate more closely through volunteer hours the profession before you invest the time into specific course work.
Also consider that in most cases ATCs or kin grads or PTaids work under physical therapists and tend to have less autonomy.
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