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Physical Therapy Department

University of Rhode Island

DPT Curriculum

2009

Curriculum in PDF Format and Word Format

Summer 1
Course Number	Course Name	Credits
PHT 500	Anatomy	5
PHT 505	Intro to PT	2
Total Credits		7

Fall 1
PHT 512	Basic Eval I	3
PHT 501	Applied Anat & Basic Ther Ex	3
PHT 510	Biomechanics	5
PHT 532	Physical Agents I	2
PHT 533	Physical Agents II	2
PHT 508	Psycho-Social	2
PHT 600	Foundations of EBP	3
Total Credits		20

Spring 1
PHT 522	Basic Eval II	4
PHT 550	MS I	5
PHT 655	Diagnostic Imaging	2
PHT 535	Pathophyiology	3
PHT 519	Path for PT	1
PHT 570	Cardiopulmonary PT	4
PHT 610, 20, 30, 40	EB Inquiry	1-3
Total Credits		20

Summer 2
PHT 552	MS II	5
Total Credits		9

Fall 2
PHT 544	Health Promotion	4
PHT 672	Pharmacology	2
PHT 511	Human Neuroscience	5
PHT 528	Ethical/Legal	3
PHT 586	Geriatrics	2
PHT 537	Management/Admin	2
PHT 610, 20, 30, 40	EB Inquiry	1-3
Total Credits		21

Spring 2
PHT 580	Pediatrics	2
PHT 605	Special Topics	2
PHT 518	Communication & Educ	3
PHT 560	Neurotherapeutics	5
PHT 592	Comprehensive Cases	4
PHT 576	Broadening	2
PHT 610, 20,30,40	EB Inquiry	1-3
Total Credits		21

Summer 3
PHT 538	Management Practice	2
PHT 610, 20,30,40	EB Inquiry	1-3
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Total Credits		3

Fall 3 - Spring 3
PHT 575	Internship I	4
PHT 585	Internship II	4
PHT 595	Internship III	4
Total Credits		12

Total Credits (including 8 EB inquiry) = 109

Announcements

Continuing Education Credits - Physical Therapy Presents: If You Can't Breathe, You Can't Function with Mary Massery, PT, DPT. February 17th-19th, 2012.
The Physical Therapy Department at URI participates in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS). Applicants for the 2012 entering class can apply online using the PTCAS Web application, beginning on July 18, 2011. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit www.ptcas.org.

The Annual Open House will be held on October 13, 2010 from 4-6pm in Independence Square.

Interviews for the Class of 2015 will be held on January 6 and 7, 2012. Interviews are by invitation only.

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