What is the difference between a Physical Therapist and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy?
The profession has changed since its birth in 1921 headed by Mary McMillan. Physical Therapist traditionally worked in a hospital setting migrating into independent proprietors. The entire education requirements has gone from an awarded certificate to obtaining a Bachelor’s degree which both no longer exist, to the Master prepared Physical Therapist which is becoming obsolete to the present Doctoring Physical Therapist. The American Physical Therapy Association vision is for all Physical Therapist to become a doctor in the field by year of 2020. The difference is obviously education, but more than credits it is the “new” role the Doctor of Physical Therapy has among the communities we serve. Whether it is a dependent patient on a feeding tube to the multi- million dollar contract professional Athlete, we look beyond the pathology at hand. Our new responsibilities are of a primary care giver, not needing a prescription to exam, diagnose and treat any movement dysfunction one may have. A
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