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In conjunction with Thomas Jefferson
University's College of Health Professions, Villanova University offers students considering a career in
Physical Therapy the
possibility of completing both the Bachelor of Science in Biology and Doctorate
of Physical Therapy degree
in a six-years.
Students in this program will spend three years at
Villanova, completing the majority of the courses for the
Bachelor of Science in Biology
degree. They will then transfer to Thomas Jefferson for the next three years
where they will complete the
Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) portion of the
program. Credits from the program at Jefferson will be used to complete the
bachelor’s degree requirements at Villanova; the degree will be granted after
the first year at Jefferson. The Doctorate in Physical Therapy degree will be
granted after the third year at Jefferson.
The American Physical Therapy Association
states that the rationale for awarding the DPT is based on at least four factors, among
others:
- The level of practice inherent to the patient/client management model
in the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice requires considerable breadth and
depth in educational preparation, a breadth and depth not easily acquired within
the time constraints of the typical MPT program.
- Societal expectations that
the fully autonomous healthcare practitioner with a scope of practice consistent
with the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice be a clinical doctor.
- The realization of the profession's goals in the coming decades, including
direct access, "physician status" for reimbursement purposes, and clinical
competence consistent with the preferred outcomes of evidence-based practice,
will require that practitioners possess the clinical doctorate (consistent with
medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, and podiatry).
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Many existing professional (entry-level) MPT programs already meet the
requirements for the clinical doctorate; in such cases, the graduate of a
professional (entry-level) MPT program is denied the degree most appropriate to
the program of study.
The DPT program is a post-baccalaureate program. The
combined degree program will allow a student to enter the DPT program after
three years of undergraduate work, enabling the student to enter the profession
after only six years.
Requirements
- have an SAT I score of 1320 or better on the Critical Reading and
Math components (a specific score on the Writing component will not be used at
this time)
- or ACT score of 30 or better and include the writing portion
- rank in the top 10% of their high school class where class rank is reported
- and have a
GPA of at least 3.7 (unweighted) on a 4.0 scale
Application
and Admission Requirements
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the candidate’s Villanova Preliminary Application for Undergraduate Admission
(October 15)
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a completed Common Application (November 1)
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application fee
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official high school transcript
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all SAT or ACT scores sent directly from the College Board and/or ACT
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Common Application School Report and recommendation
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Villanova essay
Complete the
Villanova Preliminary and Common Applications and submit by November
1. On the Villanova Preliminary Application, you should first choose an
Applicant Type from the drop down menu; select First Time Health
Affiliation. When completing the Major Course of Study section, in the drop down menu next to
Planned Course of Study choose the health affiliation to which
you are applying. Next, click on Enter Your Villanova Major and
from the drop down list choose a
major which you will pursue as an undergraduate. The Villanova major
will serve as your major if accepted into
the Health Affiliation Science Program or reviewed for admission to
Villanova.
For more information, contact Dr. John Friede at
610-519-4833 or john.friede@villanova.edu.
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