THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT PROGRAM

Application Checklist

  CREDENTIALS NEEDED FOR COMPLETED APPLICATION
  Application for admission to the college,
If you are not currently enrolled at West Kentucky Community and Technical College you need to complete an application for admission.
  High school transcript indicating the applicant has or will complete a high school course of study or a passing GED official score report,
Please contact your high school and have a transcript forwarded to the address below.
  Official transcript of all post-secondary education,
Please contact the colleges and/or schools where you completed any post high school training and have them send an official transcript to the address below.
  ACT Score report,
If you have not already had your scores sent to a KCTCS college then you need to make arrangements to either take the test or have your scores sent to West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The ACT website can be accessed at http://www.ACT.org/. The last date to take the ACT test is June due to the October 1 deadline.
  Documentation of a minimum of 8 hours of physical therapy observation and/or experience (4 hours must be in a hospital physical therapy department)
You will need to contact physical therapy departments or providers to arrange observation or be employed by a physical therapy department to complete this requirement. Each facility has its own rules about how students are allowed to observe. Please contact them individually to make these arrangements. Submit documentation to the address below.
  Attend a pre-admission conference or arrange a meeting with the coordinator.
View the dates for pre-admissions conferences.
  Enrolled in or have completed BIO 137, Anatomy and Physiology I, with a "C" or higher, by the fall semester preceding admission to the program.

Submit all documentation to:

West Kentucky Community & Technical College
Pam Paxton, PTA Admissions
P. O. Box 7380
Paducah, KY 42002-7380

 

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