UM SOM: Department of Physical Therapy

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Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy

This program is no longer available - Please contact Terry Heron at theron@som.umaryland.edu with questions or more information.

Application Deadlines:
Fall admission – July 15
Spring admission – November 15
Summer admission – April 1

Please review the minimum technical specifications for computers used in conjunction with the TDPT Program.

Introduction

The Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (TDPT) program is designed to supplement the Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) education provided by the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The TDPT degree will prepare students for their roles as independent practitioners of physical therapy within multi-disciplinary health care teams. It is a distance-based program with mandatory on-campus seminar components for some of the courses.

We are delighted be able to offer this program to MPT graduates from the Department, Classes of 1995 through 2004. A comparison of the TDPT curriculum and the consensus curriculum for transitional doctor of physical therapy programs developed by the APTA shows that University of Maryland MPT grads will benefit from a curriculum that most closely supplements their own educational background.

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