How long does it take to become a physical therapy assistant?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at
8:17 am
Does anyone know how long it takes to become a licensed physical therapy assistant?
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It usually takes two years, an associate’s degree. Just fyi, a person usually has had to have taken a certain physics course as a prereq, but please check with the individual program(s) and for other prereq’s and requirements. It can be quite a physically as well as emotionally draining job as a cousin worked as a pta albeit very rewarding too. Please do make sure that the program is accredited within the industry.
For more info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search ‘physical therapist assistants’ or such.
For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ
2 years. There are some classes that you may need before being admitted into the program. Medical terminology, physcology, english comp, computers, chemistry, biology, human growth and devolpment.