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jma -> Re: Pls. help (December 31, 2006 1:19:00 PM)
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No the certification is not a seminar/course that one takes.
Please go to this link from the American Physical Therapy Association webpage:
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Certification2&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=206&ContentID=25738
Here is a brief summary of the requirements.
"ABPTS has established minimum eligibility requirements to sit for the specialist certification examinations: (1) current licensure to practice physical therapy in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands and (2) evidence of a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice in the specialty area, 25% of which must have occurred within the last 3 years.
Specialty councils, with the approval of ABPTS, develop specific requirements to be eligible to sit for the certification examination in their specialty area. These requirements vary across specialty areas and include factors such as evidence of hours in general physical therapy practice, hours of direct patient care, and evidence of competency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency care."
You can find more info from the link posted and go from there. First things first, you must be a licensed physical therapist to begin with.
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