Transitional track
The Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Program is intended for practicing physical therapy clinicians and offers a didactic augmentation of clinicians’ professional education to meet current and future expectations for physical therapy practice. Upon successful completion of this postprofessional program of study, students will have knowledge, skills and behaviors at a level consistent with the current professional (entry-level) D.P.T. standards and will be awarded the D.P.T. degree. The t-D.P.T. program will provide practicing therapists with a mechanism to attain degree parity with more-recently trained therapists who hold the professional D.P.T. by addressing the key differences between their professional baccalaureate or master’s degree PT education and the current professional D.P.T. degree education. The curriculum is designed for practicing clinicians to complete through part-time, largely distance-based study in one to three years.