Physical Therapist Assistant - Greenville Technical College

Physical Therapist Assistant from Greenville Technical College is a Campus Associate Physical Therapy degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Physical therapy is a health profession that involves direct care of individuals who experience temporary or permanent disability due to pain, injury, disease or birth defects. Working under the supervision of a physical therapist , the physical therapist assistant helps people improve their mobility and level of function through the use of exercise, manual therapy and assistive technologies. Careers Job opportunities may be found in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, outpatient offices, sports medicine clinics, schools and home health agencies. Greenville Tech's PTA program is based at Greenville Tech's beautiful Greer Campus, and consists of 32 credit hours of general education courses as part of Phase I, which may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis, or transferred in from other colleges. Phase II consists of 46 credit hours of physical therapist assistant technical/professional courses. These can be completed over four consecutive semesters full-time or six "extended-track" semesters at the Greer Campus, Florence Darlington Technical College or Aiken Technical College. Students who are interested in Greenville Tech's Physical Therapist Assistant program must attend a Career Talk session prior to enrolling. Students interested in attending classes at Florence Darlington Technical College can find that Career Talk schedule here. The Physical Therapist Assistant curriculum consists of academic courses as well as 14 total weeks of full-time clinical affiliations. View more details on Greenville Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Physical Therapy courses.