Statement Of Purpose: A Career As A Physical Therapy Assistant

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Google will give you an accurate response, but how do you really begin? What to expect? Perhaps you want to go to school for a degree in the health field, but you're unsure whether you just graduated high school or have graduated high school a while ago and want to earn a degree in the health field.

The first step I would highly recommend after you’ve chosen what school you wish to go to, is set up an appointment with an advisor, whom will be knowledgeable about what you need to do before you can hop into the program. The program I’m interested in is physical therapist assistant, so how do I begin? After meeting with your advisor, he/she will say you'll have to earn your associate’s degree first. Earning an associate’s degree includes general classes that the state requires you to take to better yourself mentally. General classes can include, Math College, intro to sociology, intro to psychology, general chemistry and other more. General anatomy and physiology class requires a C or better, they’re may be classes that require a certain grade to pass and in order to get into the program. This process takes 6 semesters 2 years. …show more content…

Once accepted, you will begin the program. As obvious, the program will now inform you everything about how to become a Physical Therapy Assistant, such as, learning what you need to know about the program, what you're going to need to do, what to look for, and what to expect on a daily basis like on hands training. Body bones names and brain parts since you are working with helping others get better mentally and mainly physically! You’ll learn to set a routine for each individual patient and work with them physically. The program is 2 years! Once graduated from the program, the last step of the process is submitting and passing the licensing exam! In total time of years to become a physical therapist assistant is four