Education

Physical therapist assistant program to start at MCC

Monday, April 14, 2008 1:47 PM PDT

A new Physical Therapist Assistant Program is scheduled to begin this fall at Mohave Community College. The program is expected to help meet government projections for increased demand for physical therapist assistants in Mohave County over the next 10 years.

MCC is seeking accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American Physical Therapy Association.

The program has submitted an “Application for Candidacy of a Physical Therapist Assistant Education Program,” which is the formal application required in the pre-accreditation stage.

The program, approved in June 2007 by the MCC Governing Board, will educate students who will work under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Graduates can expect to provide care to patients suffering from injury or disease that results in a loss of motion within a joint, weakness, pain, wounds, abnormal walking patterns and general debility.

For more information , call Rhonda Schnabl at (928)-505-3347.