| Physical Therapist Assistant |
| A.A.S. Degree Program (Career) |
| APPLICATION CODE 282 |
| For curriculum information, contact the Health Sciences Division—Room ST-149—443-518-1560. |
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| Under the direction and supervision of a Physical Therapist, the Physical Therapist Assistant, a skilled technical health care provider, performs selected physical therapy procedures and related tasks. Depending on the employment setting and the individual patient, those tasks may include contributing to total patient care and assisting the Physical Therapist in carrying out complete procedures and programs. |
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| GENERAL EDUCATION CORE | Credits |
| Composition | ENGL-121 College Composition | 3 |
| Humanities, Arts & | |
| Literature | SPCH-110 Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Social Sciences | PSYC-101 General Psychology | 3 |
| Science | BIOL-101 General Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL-203 Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| Mathematics | MATH-138 Statistics | 4 |
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| REQUIRED COURSES RELATED TO MAJOR |
| BIOL-204 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| PTAP-100 | Introduction to Physical Therapy | 2 |
| PTAP-110 | Fundamentals of Practice I | 3 |
| PTAP-120 | Clinical Kinesiology | 3 |
| PTAP-130 | Therapeutic Modalities I | 3 |
| PTAP-150 | Clinical Pathology | 3 |
| PTAP-160 | Orthopedic Dysfunctions I | 3 |
| PTAP-210 | Fundamentals of Practice II | 3 |
| PTAP-213 | Clinical Education I | 2 |
| PTAP-214 | Clinical Education II | 2 |
| PTAP-230 | Therapeutic Modalities II | 3 |
| PTAP-240 | Therapeutic Exercise | 3 |
| PTAP-250 | Clinical Neurosciences | 3 |
| PTAP-260 | Orthopedic Dysfunctions II | 3 |
| PTAP-265 | Professional Issues in Physical therapy | 1 |
| PTAP-270 | Clinical Education III | 4 |
| PTAP-275 | Clinical Education IV | 4 |
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Effective November 7, 2012, Howard Community College has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association (1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org). Candidacy is not an accreditation status nor does it assure eventual accreditation. Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program is progressing toward accreditation. |
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