Background and Purpose. While there is considerable research regarding the predictability
of various admission criteria and cognitive and noncognitive variables on licensure …

Background and Purpose. Evidence for curriculum, faculty, and student cohort factors
associated with success on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) for physical …

INTRODUCTION: With rising student debt, identifying ways for students to contain the cost of
their education is highly desired. Numerous prerequisite courses are required for admission …

Background and Purpose. Physical therapist assistant (PTA) education experienced a 34%
increase in the overall number of accredited and developing programs from 2007 to 2012 …

Methods. All CAPTE-accredited PTA programs were asked to return data for each student
admitted to the program since 2009 including those who graduated, were dismissed, or left …

Background and Purpose. There is a paucity of published literature regarding the correlation
between faculty attributes and education program pass rates on the National Physical …

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of standardized patients in the
physical therapist assistant (PTA) curriculum as compared to paper-based case studies with …

Physical therapy and physical therapist assistant programs have made numerous efforts to
determine cognitive factors, such as the Nelson Denny Reading Test (NDRT), Health …

In order to practice physical therapy, physical therapist assistants (PTAs) must graduate from
an accredited academic program and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination for …

This study examined the relationship of the scores on the Practice Exam & Assessment Tool
(PEAT) to the scaled scores on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). A …