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Randy Dixon -> Re: Foreign trained PT's (December 19, 2004 4:37:00 AM)
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The eligibility for foreign trained therapists has changed alot in the last decade, my wife came from the PI in '89, at that time it was relatively easy to get in, there was even a special provision written in the immigration policy for PT's. One of the problems was, and probably people in the Philippines know this, was that less than reputable schools popped up, graduating PT's to go to the US, and the regulatory system tightened up, so that many other foreign trained therapist, like Dutch therapists, were found to be lacking in educational requirements, such as history, or non-PT related courses. Then of course came the lean years, and there was little demand for foreign therapists, and maybe even a little resentment that they had diluted the market.
Now there is a shortage again, but most PT's and the APTA realize the advantages to that so are in no hurry to push for changes. Some of the regulations are silly and insulting, my wife was originally licensed in Arizona, she eventually worked as director there, supervising several other PT's. She let her license lapse now that she is in TX, she was told that in order for her to get licensed in AZ again she has to be supervised for 6 months by an American trained therapist because she was foreign trained. That is ridiculous, that she should need to be supervised by someone she may have supervised.
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