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It takes 7 years to become a Physical Therapist. Typically 4 years to obtain an undergraduate degree and 3 years of physical therapy school. With this you get a DPT (Doctorate in Physical Therapy) in most programs.
In Canada, to become a physical therapist a student must complete a 4 year undergraduate degree, followed by a 2 year physical therapy post graduate degree. After passing board certification exams a student with this training is referred to as a licensed physical therapist.
As far as I am aware, there is no doctorate program available in Canada that enables physiotherapists to become a doctor of physical therapy. However, there is at present a lobby group pushing the government to allow/recognize extension of the physical therapy program to a 4 year doctoral degree. If/when this occurs, physiotherapy will become similar to other health care doctoral programs like medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, etc., requiring 8 years of schooling and conferring the title doctor of physiotherapy.
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∙ 9y agoAfter completing the required prerequisites, you would apply to a Master's or Doctoral degree program. Depending on your GPA, the completed prerequisites, and some times clinical participation is expected. Once accepted into the program, it would take approximately three years to graduate. This is if you are attending classes on a full time schedule.
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After high school how long does it take to be a physical therapist?
After high school (if you start college right away) it should take about 4 years to become a physical therapist.
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How many years of college does it take to become a physical therapist's assistant?
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What education you need to be a physical theraypist?
To become a physical therapist, a person needs to have educational courses pertaining to the medical field. These courses include anatomy and biology.
How long would it take a nursing major who has transfer to physical therapist to finish school?
There's just not enough information to determine that. Remember, currently a physical therapist must now have a master's degree in physical therapy. This alone will take two to three years after completion of the bachelor's degree.
If you get certified as a physical therapist assistant by attending a two year program what will it take to be come a physical therapist?
you will need to get a bachelor's in either exercise physiology or biology/pre med before you start PT school. then you will need to get your doctorate in physical therapy and then take the boards to get your license. think 5 more years of college AFTER you become an assistant (2 yr degree).
How long does it take to become a certified respitory therapist?
Becoming certified as a respiratory therapist can take up to 3 or 4 years depending the after field you want to go into. It is well worth it though as it is a very rewarding profession.
Do you have to take math classes to become a massage therapist?
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With a BS degree in science and physical education How long will it take me to become a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant?
First, they are two extremes within the same field. A physical therapist assistant is a two year associate degree, while a physical therapist must have the minimum of a master's degree in physical therapy, and that may soon change to a doctorate. How many credits will transfer to the associate degree will depend on which courses you complete within your bachelor's degree. For instance, have you completed human anatomy and physiology I and II? These two course alone would take one academic year if you take them within the two regular academic semesters because of the sequential nature of the courses. Thus, how long it would take depends on the courses already completed, which courses were completed, and whether you have all the prerequisite coursework completed in terms of even applying to the master's program, which would take approximately two to three years to complete. Lastly, please understand, that some students feel they can take the physical therapy assistant program and use that as a lead-in to the physical therapist program. Nothing you complete within the associate program (even the professional phase courses) will apply to the master's program.
How many years it take to be a physical therapist?
All States require physical therapists to pass a licensure exam before they can practice, after graduating from an accredited physical therapist educational program. According to the American Physical Therapy Association, there were 205 accredited physical therapist programs in 2004. Of the accredited programs, 94 offered master
How many years of school do you need to become a respiratory doctor?
To become a respiratory therapist you have to have an associates degree (three years at an accredited college)
How many years does it take to become a Recreational Therapist?
it will take about 7 to 8 years
