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Physical Therapist Assisting Technology Program at Tri-C

Area of Study: Physical Therapist Assisting Technology

Degree/Certificate: Associate of Applied Science degree in Physical Therapist Assisting Technology

If you are not already an active Tri-C student, you must first apply to the college. If you are interested in more than one health careers program, you must submit a separate health careers application for each program.

Learn more about the Physical Therapist Assisting Technology Program at Tri-C

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 include:

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

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How to reach us

Toby Sternheimer
216-987-4502
Toby.Sternheimer@tri-c.edu

Metro Campus
MHCS 126G

Health Careers Enrollment Center
216-987-4247
healthcareers@tri-c.edu
Cuyahoga Community College
2900 Community College Avenue
Metro Campus-MHCS 126
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-3196

PROGRAM STATUS
The Physical Therapist Assisting program is full for Fall 2013 and Fall 2014. We are now accepting for Fall 2015.

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Physical Therapist Assistant program

Physical Therapist Assistant Application Packet

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Program Outcome

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