Does the professional (entry-level) DPT qualify a graduate to teach in a physical therapist professional program?
Yes and no. The professional (entry-level) DPT would not qualify a graduate to be a member of the academic or clinical faculty immediately upon graduation. However, if the professional development of DPT graduates, within the years following graduation, prepared them to meet the qualifications for appointment as academic and clinical faculty, there would be no reason to exclude these individuals merely because they possessed an “entry-level” clinical doctorate, rather than an “advanced” clinical doctorate or the academic PhD.
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- Does a professional (entry-level) DPT program prepare a graduate to contribute to the professions body of knowledge and/or to clinical research in support of evidence-based practice?
- Is the graduate of a professional (entry-level) DPT program more competent than the graduate of a professional (entry-level) BSPT or MPT program?
- Does the professional (entry-level) DPT qualify a graduate to teach in a physical therapist professional program?
