The Department of Physical Therapy at Winston Salem State University participates in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service, known as PTCAS. Applicants applying to the entry-level professional physical therapist program for the 2011 entering class can apply online using the PTCAS application. Applicants can begin their PTCAS application immediately. The PT program application deadline is May 14, 2010. Learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit the PTCAS web site at www.ptcas.org.
10 GREAT Reasons why you should apply for
Graduate Studies in Physical Therapy at
Winston-Salem State University
- Strong employment opportunities abound in Physical Therapy.
- Dynamic, caring faculty helps nurture your academic, clinical, & research success.
- Lowest tuition among North Carolina schools.
- Money available for scholarships & board exam preparation.
- Graduate assistantships available.
- A low student/teacher ratio.
- State-of-the-Art Motion Analysis & Human Simulator labs expand your skills, confidence and employability.
- Academic diversity is our mission: 40% of graduates are from minority backgrounds.
- Fully accredited program through 2013.
- Many clinical education opportunities in historic Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and beyond!
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Vision Statement
The faculty of the WSSU Department of Physical Therapy envisions a program that provides students with the educational and experiential foundation to practice physical therapy in a proactive, competent, ethical, and compassionate manner. Primary values inherent within the curriculum, modeled by the faculty and staff, and developed within the students, include integrity, dedication, responsibility, leadership, accountability, wisdom, commitment to personal and professional growth, and willingness to serve a diverse society.
Faculty members are committed to guiding students to acquire the competencies and knowledge necessary to enter, succeed, and excel in a highly competitive and constantly changing health-care system. The curriculum will coincide with the program, school and university missions, yet project the vision of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to support physical therapy as a doctoring profession. Thus, the program will seek to offer an entry level doctorate degree in physical therapy (DPT), fully preparing our students to be primary care practitioners with direct access to patients as mandated by the North Carolina practice act.
Mission Statement
The Department of Physical Therapy serves the people of North Carolina and the nation by providing an entry-level masters degree program in Physical Therapy (MPT). The Department is committed to providing an integrative education program that is well-grounded in the basic, social and clinical sciences in order to produce competent and compassionate clinicians who are skilled in the areas of critical thinking and inquiry, clinical problem-solving, treatment delivery, research, education and management.
The MPT degree will prepare graduates to deliver both primary and interdisciplinary health care to diverse populations within a variety of practice settings and health-care delivery systems. In keeping with the mission of WSSU, the Department of Physical Therapy will develop practitioners who engender the values of social and professional responsibility, leadership, integrity and scholarship, as well as life-long personal and professional development.
Description of Department
Housed within the F.L. Atkins Building in the School of Health Sciences, the Department of Physical Therapy consists of seven full-time faculty positions, several part-time faculty members, two full-time administrative staff, and approximately 60 graduate students. State-of-the-art facilities include: over 2400 sq ft of dedicated classroom, office and laboratory space; a 900 sq ft Human Performance Laboratory with motion, metabolic, neuromuscular and postural assessment equipment; and fully integrated, high-speed digital internet and teleconferencing access throughout.
Students have access to the on-campus O’Kelly Library as well as to the Wake Forest University Medical Library and its Gross Anatomy and Pathology classrooms and labs. The rigorous 30-month program challenges and develops students year round. A new class is admitted each January, while our strongly recruited seniors graduate in December of year three. Clinical experiences at over 200 affiliated sites are interspersed throughout the curriculum. Students spend a total of 30 weeks at four different clinical sites under the direct supervision of highly experienced and dynamic clinical instructors.