Physical Therapist Assisting Technology 

Area of Study: Physical Therapist Assisting Technology 
Degree/Certificate: Associate of Applied Science degree in Physical Therapist Assisting Technology  
Program Description

If you like to help people and enjoy working with body movement, Physical Therapist Assisting (PTA) may be a rewarding career for you. As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you’ll help people to recover from accidents, injuries, illness, stroke and other debilitating events.

Physical therapy helps to ease pain and improve function caused by injury, disease or other causes. Services include assisted movement, exercise treatment and heat/cold therapy.

The Physical Therapist Assistant program will prepare you for a professional health care career providing physical therapy treatments under the supervision of a Physical Therapist. Graduates are eligible to take an exam to qualify for licensure in any state.

Tri-C students get clinical experience with real patients at more than 75 clinical sites in northeast Ohio, including all of the major medical centers.

Job settings:
hospitals
nursing homes
rehabilitation centers
sports medicine clinics
pediatric facilities
outpatient clinics
home health care
corporate or industrial centers
wellness centers
sports medicine facilities
schools systems

This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following program outcomes:
Physical Therapist Assisting Technology Degree Outcomes.pdf

Program Requirements
 
Suggested Semester Sequence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Third Semester   Credits 

HTEC-1610

Introduction to Pharmacology

2

PSY-2010

Child Growth and Development (2)

3

PTAT-2301

Long-term Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Procedures

4

PTAT-2310

Pediatric Physical Therapy

2

Arts & Hum/Soc & Beh Sci.

See  Catalog for AAS Degree requirements (2)

2

Total

13

 
 
 
 
Program Total Credits

 

73

 
  
Notes 

(1)   MATH-1800-1819/2800-2819 & 1820/2820 may not be used to meet this requirement. 

(2)   Minimum 8 semester credits—must include PSY-1010 & 2010.

C = Capstone course

 
 
 
Program Outcome