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Post-Professional Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy

Curriculum
Requirements vary according to the student's previous degree. Students with master's degrees must successfully complete eight courses (27 quarter credits); students with baccalaureate degrees must also complete a professional portfolio.

Two Critical Inquiry Process courses			Credits
PTRS 604	Induction, Inquiry, and Integration		3.0
PTRS 758	Evidence-Based Rehabilitation		4.0
One Applied Science course
PTRS 612	Pharmacotherapeutics		3.0
Two Clinical Science courses
PTRS 650	Motor Control and Learning Rehabilitation		3.0
PTRS 651	Applied Tissue Biomechanics		3.0
One elective course
PTRS 721	Teaching Concepts in Rehabilitation Sciences		3.0
or
PTRS 720	Rehabilitation Management		3.0
Concentration Course Options
Students select two additional courses in one of the following concentration areas. (Therapists with a broad-based practice may select their two courses from different areas of concentration.)
Orthopaedics
PTRS 765	Extremity Rehabilitation		4.0
PTRS 766	Spinal Rehabilitation		4.0
Pediatrics
PTRS 760	Pediatric Decision Making		4.0
PTRS 761	Pediatric Clinical Application		4.0
Hand and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation
PTRS 762	Women's Health Physical Therapy		4.0
PTRS 764	Geriatric Rehabilitation		4.0
PTRS 763	Decision Making in Rehabilitation Sciences		4.0
PTRS 767	Foundations in Hand Therapy		4.0
PTRS 768	Upper Quarter Joint Pathology		4.0
PTRS 769	Nerve Injuries of the Upper Quarter		4.0
Accreditation of Professional Experience
Bachelor's prepared therapists are also required to complete PTRS 609 This course provides an opportunity for bachelors prepared students to gain credit for their professional experiential learning. Bachelor's prepared therapists must complete a total of 33 quarter credits to obtain the Post-Professional D.P.T. degree.
PTRS 609	Experiential Accreditation		6.0
Potential Concentration Course Options
These courses may be offered if sufficient student interest exists to meet minimum enrollment requirements:
PTRS 762	Women's Health PT		4.0
PTRS 763	Decision Making in Rehab		4.0
PTRS 764	Geriatric Rehabilitation		4.0