Welcome to the Department of Physical Therapy!
Dr. Shelly Weise, Associate Professor, and students: Brandon Hons, Leslie Cook and Kelly Schneider (’06)
Department of Physical Therapy
ASU Station #10923
San Angelo, TX 76909-0923
ptdept@angelo.edu
Phone: (325) 942-2545
Fax: (325) 942-2548
The Department of Physical Therapy offers a fully accredited, contemporary 29.5-month entry-level graduate professional program leading to the Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) degree. Students begin their lock step, sequenced professional course of study second summer term to complete the full-time curricular course of study. Each class cohort is limited to 20 students. The program offers several unique opportunities rarely found elsewhere in other Texas physical therapy programs:
- Unparalleled Academic Excellence Graduate Scholarship program offering a unique scholarship opportunity to highly qualified students to earn their MPT degree with most tuition and fees paid.
- Excellent faculty-to-student ratio (approximately 1:8)
- 100% licensure pass rate and 100% employment rate of all graduates.
- The most affordable program in the State of Texas.
The Department of Physical Therapy provides opportunities for interactive learning in our problem-oriented, competency-based curriculum based on primary body systems (cardiopulmonary, integumentary, musculoskeletal, neurosensory). The experienced professional faculty provide a unique blend of educational, research and clinical expertise for students desiring a career in physical therapy.
The Department of Physical Therapy houses state-of-the-art facilities. This includes five skills laboratories available for manual therapy, orthopedic and wound care instruction, electrotherapy and neuroscience. Two dedicated faculty/student research labs, a motion analysis lab, a cardiopulmonary lab and a musculoskeletal lab are designed to support student experiences and faculty/student research. Recently, a new multi-purpose classroom and human anatomy lab have been dedicated to our program.
The MPT program was granted full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) on October 30, 2002. Current accreditation is in place until June 30, 2018.
Students who have questions about the accreditation process, or who wish to file a complaint about the Angelo State University MPT program may contact CAPTE at 1-800-999-2783 or at the following address:
Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education
APTA Department of Accreditation
1111 North Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Students should be aware that all physical therapist professional education programs in the United States are subject to accreditation "standards that assure quality and continuous improvement in the entry-level preparation of physical therapists, and reflect the evolving nature of education, research, and practice." While the Education Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recognizes that there are proprietary organizations that rank physical therapist education programs, the profession encourages prospective students to provide their own comparisons through careful examination of information on program and APTA websites, and visits to the campuses to talk with enrolled students and program faculty.