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Home About Us Our Sponsors Careers Education Employers Labor Market Info Important Links Downloads Contact Us		Volunteer State Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program (Rehabilitation) PROGRAM LENGTH: 2 year DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION: A.A.S. Physical Therapist Assistant SCHOOL WEBSITE: http://www.volstate.edu SCHOOL ADDRESS: 1480 Nashville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066-3188 (Sumner county) CONTACT NAME: Dennis Dipert, Allied Health Division PHONE NUMBER: (615) 230-3336 or (888) 335-8722, ex. 3336 EMAIL ADDRESS: dennis.dipert@volstate.edu ARTICULATION AGREEMENT: None TRANSCRIPT REVIEW: Official transcripts must be sent to Admissions Office or Allied Health Office for review. SUBSTITUTION COURSEWORK: Substitution coursework will be determined based on individual transcript review. PREREQUISITES: · Submit an application to Volunteer State Community College. · A second application form should be completed and submitted to the Division of Allied Health indicating your intent to enter the Physical Therapist Assistant Program. · If you have not previously attended college, the Office of Counseling and Testing will schedule you for testing in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and algebra. You may be required to take some course work in these areas. · Ability to complete all courses listed under the Fall and Spring Semesters of the Freshman Year as identified on the enclosed Semester-by-Semester sequence by the end of the spring semester in which the student applied is required to sit for the screening interview (application deadline is Arpil 15th). Interviews are held only in May of each year with classes to begin in early June. No student will be allowed to sit for the admission`s interview unless all required prerequisite course work has been completed with a grade of "C" or better without special approval of the Program Director after consultation with the Program Faculty. Students without the required prerequisites will be granted permission to sit for the interview only if there are not enough fully qualified applicants to fill the class. · During the Spring Semester, any individual who has the potential of meeting admission requirements and who wants to be considered for admission to the second year of the Program must submit a completed screening application. The application is due in the Allied Health offices by early April of the year in which the applicant will sit for the interview. Contact the PTA Progam about each year`s deadline. · A physical examination is no longer a part of the Admissions Process. Prior to the day of registration for the Summer Session, any student offered admission to the Program will be requested to submit a proof of freedom from tuberculosis through a negative skin test or chest X-ray and immunity to rubella through a rubella titer or through an immunization since 1980. Students must obtain at their expense Hepatitis B vaccine or must decline the vaccination in writing. The admission offer for any applicant failing to meet this requirement may be cancelled. · Very few students who are admitted to the PTA Program fail to complete the second year for academic reasons. A few students fail to finish the program because either the program or the field is not as expected. While students are no longer required to document observation, exposure to the field should be an asset in the admissions process. LAST UPDATED: 12/1/2005 - Update Current status - Active
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