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Physical Therapist Assistant
(PTA)
The goal of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program is to prepare students to
provide skilled, direct patient care under the supervision of a licensed
physical therapist in a variety of healthcare settings. Courses include
classroom and laboratory instruction in such therapeutic interventions
as heat and cold applications, electrotherapy and therapeutic exercise.
Planned clinical experience is provided in physical therapy facilities
located within a 50-mile radius of the Des Plaines campus.
This degree program requires a minimum of 68 semester credit hours in
general education and sequential program courses offered over two years.
Students are required to pay laboratory fees, provide proof of health
insurance, purchase uniforms, provide their own transportation to four
assigned clinical facilities, and to participate in laboratory activities
requiring applications of physical therapy treatments. Graduates are eligible
to take the Illinois state licensing examination for Physical Therapist
Assistants.
This curriculum is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical
Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Students take academic and sequential professional studies on the Des
Plaines campus. Planned clinical experience is provided in medical facilities.
Students in this curriculum are required to pay laboratory fees, to provide
proof of health insurance, to purchase uniforms, to provide their own
transportation to four assigned clinical facilities and to participate
in laboratory activities which require applications of physical therapy
treatments. Clinical assignments are made within a 50-mile radius of the
Des Plaines campus. Graduates are eligible to take the Illinois state
licensing examination for Physical Therapist Assistants.
This is a limited admission curriculum.
Prerequisites:
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High school graduation with minimum GPA of 2.5 or GED
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Minimum enhanced ACT score of 18 or 12 hours of college credit with a minimum
GPA of 2.5, with at least four credit hours of laboratory science
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One year of high school biology (with laboratory) or BIO 101 and high school
physics or PHY 101 (completed within the last five years with a minimum
grade of C)
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Interview with and consent of PTA faculty
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Satisfactory health as demonstrated and certified by current physical examination
prior to final acceptance
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Proof of medical insurance (prior to final acceptance)
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Documented on-site visit to a physical therapy facility for a minimum of
10 hours
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Take Oakton reading and composition assessment tests, placing into EGL
101, prior to admissions interview or present evidence of credit in EGL
101 or its equivalent
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College GPA (or high school GPA for those with fewer than 12 college credits)
of 2.5 or above.
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Students must receive a minimum grade of C in all PTA courses, HIT 104,
BIO 131 and BIO 132.
Health Career curricula are governed by specific objectives, rules and regulations
formulated by the College, accrediting bodies and participating clinical
facilities. Students should familiarize themselves with these standards.
Students should also be aware that failure to maintain satisfactory progress
in technical courses may significantly delay completion of the curriculum
or may result in a request for the student to withdraw from the curriculum.
Each student’s right to participation in the clinical portion of the curriculum
is also contingent upon compliance with the rules of the clinical facility.
The clinical facility has sole discretion to determine when its rules
have been violated.
Clinical placements may require a health assessment, certain immunizations,
substance abuse testing, criminal background check, specific skill certification
(i.e., CPR) and health insurance. These requirements represent an additional
program cost to the student.
For more information about PTA, please call the chairperson, Mary DeNotto,
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