Contemporary physical therapy involves not only traditional skills in treating people with injuries or disease, but also preventing or detecting movement-related problems at the earliest stages and promoting healthy lifestyles and work environments. Adolescent obesity, early intervention for children, women’s health issues, workplace injury prevention, sports training and conditioning, and preventing falls in the elderly – are all topics that extend from the clinic to the public sector.
Benefits of our D.P.T. program include:
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This is a full-time, cohort-based program with classes and clinical experiences scheduled between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. This doctoral degree takes three (3) years to complete.
Credits required for completion: 120
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The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at New York Medical College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: (703) 706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call (914) 594-4917 or email fmenta@nymc.edu. CAPTE Student Financial Fact Sheet |
Student Outcomes
View the student outcomes for the past two years of graduates of the Department of Physical Therapy at NYMC. This data is presented in accordance with a policy stipulated by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
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Questions? Please contact the SHSP Office of Admissions at (914) 594-4510.