Chatham University

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION (2011-12)

Genny Parker
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions
Chatham University
Admissions
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
Phone: 412-365-1298
Phone (alternate number): 412-365-1825
Email: gparker@chatham.edu
Website: http://www.chatham.edu/departments/healthmgmt/graduate/pt/dpt.cfm

APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2012 ENTERING CLASS

PTCAS Application Deadline

December 1, 2011

Deadline Type

FIRM Deadline

Application Close Date (for soft deadlines only)

Program Has Rolling Admissions Process?

NO

Important Dates (if any):

  • Priority Deadline- October 3, 2011 
  • Priority Interview- November 19, 2011 
  • Regular Deadline- December 1, 2011 
  • Regular Interview- January 21, 2012

EARLY DECISION

Program participates in the PTCAS Early Decision Applicants MUST apply and submit all materials to PTCAS by AUGUST 15.

  NO

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

If supplemental materials are required, send items directly to the PT program.

Supplemental APPLICATION required?

NO

Supplemental MATERIALS required?

NO

If yes, list of items

 

Supplemental FEE required?

NO

If yes, amount

Supplemental deadline(s) DD-MM-YYYY

Link to supplemental forms or instructions

Custom (program-specific) questions on the PTCAS application

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES

Course Prerequisites

#

COURSE SUBJECT

COURSE LEVEL

4-YR *

LAB
**

SEM HRS

ACCEPTABLE COURSES

COURSE  DESCRIPTION

1

Biology I

General or College

NO

REQ

4

Biology: Cell
Biology: Embryology
Biology: GENERAL
Biology: Genetics
Biology: Microbiology
Biology: Molecular
Biology: Zoology

.

2

Biology II

General or College

NO

REQ

4

.

3

Chemistry I

General or College

NO

REQ

4

Chemistry: Biochemistry
Chemistry: Inorganic
Chemistry: Organic

 

.

4

Chemistry II

General or College

NO

REQ

4

.

5

Physics I

General or College

NO

REQ

4

. .

6

Physics II

General or College

NO

REQ

4

. .

7

Anatomy

General or College

NO

NO

3

A&P: SEPARATE courses
A&P: COMBINED courses
A&P: Animal
A&P: Comparative
A&P: Human
A&P: Mammalian
A&P: Vertebrate

If taking anatomy with physiology, both Anatomy & Physiology I and II are necessary to fulfill the anatomy and physiology requirements.

8

Physiology

General or College

NO

NO

3

.

If taking anatomy with physiology, both Anatomy & Physiology I and II are necessary to fulfill the anatomy and physiology requirements.

9

Psychology

General or College

NO

NO

3

Psychology: GENERAL
Psychology: Human Behavior

.

10

Psychology (specialized)

General or College

NO

NO

3

Psychology: Developmental
Psychology: Growth & Dev.
Psychology: Life Span Dev.

.

11

Statistics

General or College

NO

NO

3

Biology: Biostatistics
Business: Statistics
Math: Statistics
Psychology: Statistics

.

* YES=course must be completed in a 4-year college/university and NOT in a community college.
** REQ=required lab; Rec=recommended lab; NO=lab not required; N/A=not applicable

Additional information about program’s course requirements:

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

For 2011-12 Cycle: Due to changes in the GRE, programs may require or prefer that you take the exam early and before the "GRE® revised General Test" is introduced on August 1. Early Decision candidates in PTCAS must take the GRE and request scores to be sent by no later than July 31.

  • GRE General Test = Testing on or before July 31, 2011
  • GRE REVISED General Test = Testing on or after August 1, 2011

Is the GRE required?

Required

Program’s GRE College Code for 2011-12 Cycle
2081 (university code)
GRE Accepted by Program for 2011-12 Cycle
GRE® General Test and GRE® REVISED General Test accepted

Last acceptable GRE test date – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)

15-Oct-2011

Oldest GRE score considered – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)

01-Sep-2009

GRE table below may contain blank fields if program data is not available or applicable.

GRE Section

Minimum GRE Score

Average GRE Score for Accepted Students

Verbal    

500

Verbal Percentile    

Quantitative    

500

Quantitative Percentile    

Analytical  Writing   

Analytical  Writing Percentile    

Additional information about program’s GRE requirements

GRE scores must be sent directly from ETS to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Due to changes in the GRE, applicants who apply for PRIORITY decision MUST take the GRE by July 31, 2011.  All other applicants should take their GRE no later than October 15, 2011.

References

Number of references required by program:  3 References

EVALUATOR TYPE

Applicant must send one reference from this SPECIFIC type of evaluator

Applicant must send a reference from one or more evaluators in this category to fulfill program's requirements

Evaluator Type ACCEPTED

Evaluator Type NOT Accepted

Physical Therapist-1

X

 

 

 

Physical Therapist-2

 

 

 

Professor in Major

 

X

 

 

Professor

 

X

 

 

Academic

X

 

 

 

Supervisor/Employer

 

 

X

 

Teaching Assistant

 

 X

 

 

PTA

 

 

 

X

Pre-PT Advisor

 

 

X

 

Politician/Elected Official

 

 

 

X

Health Care Professional

 

 

X

 

Friend

 

 

 

X

Family Member

 

 

 

X

Co-worker

 

 

 

X

Clergy

 

 

 

X

OTHER

 

 

X

 

Additional information about program’s reference requirements:Three references are required: one from a Physical Therapist and one from an academic source, the third can be from either an academic source or a Physical Therapist.

PT Observation Hours

Enter your PT observation hours on your PTCAS application.  Print the PT Observation Hours form from the PTCAS application or use online PT Hours signature process, if the program requires you to have your hours verified by a physical therapist.  Send signed forms to PTCAS.

PT HOURS

PROGRAM REQUIREMENT

Description of Program’s PT Hours Requirement

PT hours are required - no verification by a physical therapist

Total Number of PT Hours REQUIRED

 

Total Number of PT Hours RECOMMENDED 

100

DEADLINE  for Completion of All PT Hours
DD-MM-YYYY

 

PAID Experience 

Accepted

VOLUNTEER Experience

Accepted

INPATIENT Experience

Accepted

OUTPATIENT Experience

Accepted

Additional information about program’s PT hours requirement

 

GPA Requirement

GPAs will be blank if program data is not available or applicable.

GPA

Minimum GPA

Average GPA for Accepted Students

Overall Undergraduate Cumulative

3.00

3.531

Program-specific Prerequisite

3.00

3.51

Additional information about program’s GPA requirements (if any)

Program uses the highest grade earned in its local GPA calculations, if a  course was repeated.

FOREIGN APPLICANTS AND TRANSCRIPTS

The program’s foreign (international) transcript policies do NOT apply to study abroad coursework that is itemized on a U.S. college or university transcript. Study abroad is processed in the same way as U.S. coursework.

Program’s citizenship requirements
(individuals listed may be eligible for admission)
  • U.S. citizens
  • U.S. permanent residents
  • Canadian citizens
  • Foreign (non-U.S.) citizens with a visa
  • Foreign (non-U.S.) citizens
  • Other non-citizens (e.g., refugees)

Program requires non-native speakers to submit TOEFL scores?

Yes

Program policy for submission of non-U.S. (foreign/international) coursework 

Send foreign transcript evaluation to PTCAS

Program policy for CANADIAN coursework

Send foreign transcript evaluation of Canadian courses to PTCAS.

Additional information about program’s policy on foreign coursework 

English translation required for original foreign transcripts. a course by course evaluation of foreign transcript is required.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PT Degree Offered 

Program culminates in a doctoral (DPT) degree.

PT Program Start Date(s) For Entering Class
DD-MM-YYYY

27-Aug-2012

Dual-degree programs offered in conjunction with the PT degree (if any)

Institution's religious affiliation (if any)

Profile of Most Recent Entering Class

Items will be blank if program data is not available or applicable.

Size of Most Recent Entering Class

36

Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class

36

Percent of IN-STATE students in most recent entering class

67%

Percent of WICHE students in most recent entering class (if applicable)

Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) students in most recent entering class

33%

Percent of CANADIAN students in most recent entering class

 

Percent of INTERNATIONAL (non-U.S/non-Canadian) students in most recent entering class

 

Additional information about the class profile

The program has articulation agreements with the following institutions:

  • Allegheny College,
  • Baldwin-Wallace College,
  • Indiana University of PA,
  • James Madison University,
  • Mount Aloysius College,
  • Mount Vernon Nazarene College,
  • Stephens College,
  • Thiel College,
  • Washington and Jefferson College and
  • Waynesburg College. 

For details, visit our website at www.chatham.edu/pt/.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

As an integral member of a dynamic health care system, the physical therapy profession is dedicated to the promotion of health and prevention of movement dysfunction through practice that emphasizes consumer education, restoration, and maintenance of function considering the total needs of the individual.  We view learning as an evolving, collaborative and continuous process, one that integrates the learner's needs and goals and that extends beyond the climate of formal education. The student, therefore, is charged with the shared responsibility to establish learning objectives and the necessary collegial relationships to meet both academic and professional standards. The faculty is responsible for providing experiences that engage students in the teaching-learning process and that prepare students for competent, ethical, and evidence-based practice. Such preparation includes: 

  • assisting the learner in the development of self-directed abilities;  
  • assisting the learner in the development of analytic and decision making skills;  
  • providing the learner with opportunities to ask critical clinical questions, search for, critically appraise, and integrate scientific evidence with clinical expertise and consumer circumstances;  
  • creating a secure and open environment where collaborative learning can take place;  
  • designing classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences which involve the student in the discovery process;  
  • assisting the learner in the plan of their professional development beyond the entry-level curriculum;  
  • promoting service to one's community beyond one's role as a health care professional; and,  
  • providing the opportunities for self-evaluation, peer evaluation, and program evaluation.  

We believe that faculty members should continually grow in their roles as educators, professional advocates, mentors, and researchers through active participation in educational, clinical, research, professional, and community activities.

 

(Page last updated 6/16/2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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