Students in the Physiotherapy Assistant program receive comprehensive training both in a classroom and clinical setting. PTA’s as they are often called, provide physical therapy treatments to patients under the direction of and as assistants to a Physiotherapist. Work settings include hospitals, physiotherapy clinics and rehabilitation centers. Others include long-term care facilities, sports medicine clinics, community health care agencies, and other medical settings. Their duties may require them to administer active and passive manual therapeutic exercises and modality treatments.
You’ll gain hands-on practical experience throughout the Physiotherapist Assistant program (PTA Program). Your instructors are experts in their field who actively work in their profession. They bring in real life examples of how to apply the theory you are learning in each class.
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