Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION (2011-12)

Clifton Frilot, Assistant Professor and Director of Admissions
LSUHSC-Shreveport, Program in Physical Therapy
School of Allied Health Professions
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
Phone: 318-813-2940
Phone (alternate number):
Email: cfrilo@lsuhsc.edu
Website: http://www.medcom.lsuhscshreveport.edu/ah/page.php?id=12

APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2012 ENTERING CLASS

PTCAS Application Deadline	October 17, 2011
Deadline Type	FIRM Deadline
Application Close Date (for soft deadlines only)
Program Has Rolling Admissions Process?	NO
Important Dates (if any):

EARLY DECISION

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

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
Program-specific questions on the PTCAS application

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES

Course Prerequisites

Must applicants earn a Bachelor's degree prior to enrolling into the PT program? YES
Link to program’s prerequisite web page:

#	COURSE SUBJECT	COURSE LEVEL	4-YR *	LAB **	SEM HRS	ACCEPTABLE COURSES	COURSE DESCRIPTION
1	English Composition / Writing	General or College	NO	NO	6	.	.
2	English Composition / Writing	Upper Division	NO	NO	3	.	Technical writing or business writing courses satisfy this requirement
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	Biology I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Biology: Cell Biology: Embryology Biology: GENERAL Biology: Genetics Biology: Histology Biology: Immunology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular Biology: Biostatistics Biology: Zoology	.
6	Biology II	General or College	NO	REQ	4		.
7	Physics I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	.	.
8	Physics II	General or College	NO	REQ	4	.	.
9	Biology / Biological Science	Upper Division	NO	NO	3	Biology: Cell Biology: Embryology Biology: Genetics Biology: Histology Biology: Immunology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular Biology: Biostatistics Biology: Zoology	.
10	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	.
11	Physiology	General or College	NO	NO	3		.
12	Math #1	General or College	NO	NO	3	Math: Algebra Math: Calculus Math: Geometry Math: Trigonometry Math: Statistics	.
13	Math #2	General or College	NO	NO	3		.
13	Psychology #1	General or College	NO	NO	3	Psychology: Abnormal Psychology: Adolescent Psychology: Child Psychology: Death & Dying Psychology: Developmental Psychology: GENERAL Psychology: Human Behavior Psychology: Growth & Dev. Psychology: Life Span Dev. Psychology: Rehabilitation Psychology: Social Psychology: Sports Psychology: Statistics	.
14	Psychology #2	General or College	NO	NO	3		.
15	Statistics	General or College	NO	NO	3	Biology: Biostatistics Business: Statistics Math: Statistics Psychology: Statistics	.
16	Communication / Speech / Public Speaking	General or College	NO	NO	3	.	.

* 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?	YES
Program’s GRE College Code for 2011-12 Cycle	7739 (new)
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)	2011-Nov-15
Oldest GRE score considered – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)

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		443
Verbal Percentile
Quantitative		580
Quantitative Percentile
Analytical Writing		3.5
Analytical Writing Percentile
Additional information about program’s GRE requirements	Minimal combined score of 800 (verbal plus quantitative) is required for consideration as a qualified applicant.

References

Number of references required by program: VARIES

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				X
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: Submit a reference and a signed PT hours form for EVERY PT observation experience. A licensed physical therapist must complete BOTH forms. You can send up to four (4) references to PTCAS. Contact the program if you need to send more than four references to PTCAS in order to meet this requirement.

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 - a licensed PT must verify hours with signed form
Total Number of PT Hours REQUIRED	60
Total Number of PT Hours RECOMMENDED
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	A minimum of 30 clock hours must be obtained at each documented site.

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
Program-specific Prerequisite	3.20	3.61
Additional information about program’s GPA requirements (if any)	A minimum average math/science GPA of a 3.2 (based on a 4.0 scale) is required. All undergraduate math/science grades (including repeated courses) are used in calculation of the average.

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
Program requires non-native speakers to submit TOEFL scores?
Program policy for submission of non-U.S. (foreign/international) coursework	Do not send any foreign documentation. PT program only considers U.S. courses.
Program policy for CANADIAN coursework	Do not send any Canadian documentation. PT program only considers U.S. courses.
Additional information about program’s policy on foreign coursework

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PT Degree Offered	Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
PT Program Start Date(s) For Entering Class DD-MM-YYYY	2012-May-21
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	32
Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class	32
Percent of IN-STATE applicants accepted	90%
Percent of WICHE applicants accepted (if applicable)
Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) applicants accepted	10%
Percent of CANADIAN applicants accepted
Percent of INTERNATIONAL (non-U.S/non-Canadian) applicants accepted
Additional information about the class profile

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

It is the mission and primary enterprise of the LSUHSC-Shreveport Program in Physical Therapy to educate thoughtful individuals who are competent, knowledgeable, and ethical professionals, dedicated to improving their community through provision of quality, evidence-based physical therapy services. Our graduates demonstrate a commitment to the professional organization, to life long learning, and to the education of future physical therapists. Our graduates are scientific clinicians, skilled in critical thinking and capable of integrating theory with clinical practice.

The nine individuals that make up our core faculty each provide unique contributions that collectively cover the program needs. We have eight physical therapists on faculty, five of whom have greater than 20 years of clinical experience; each of those brings a unique facet of practice experience, from rehabilitation, acute, and out-patient settings and across several practice patterns, including musculoskeletal, integumentary, and neuromotor expertise. We have five board-certified clinical specialists on our core faculty, representing specialization in Geriatric, Neurologic, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and Wound Management. This breadth of clinical expertise lends credibility to our teaching and directs our scholarly endeavors toward pertinent clinical questions that have the potential to affect the way physical therapy is practiced. In addition to the clinical expertise on our faculty, all core faculty members have earned post-professional doctoral degrees. Five faculty members have PhDs, representing expertise in education and curricular design, neuropharmacology, cellular biology and anatomy, biomedical engineering, and health studies. Of the other doctorally prepared faculty members, one has a post-professional Doctorate in Health Sciences in a geriatric physical therapy track and the others have their clinical DPT. One faculty member has a Master’s degree in Business Administration. In addition, many clinical faculty add to our program through clinical teaching and adjunct appointments.

The program is housed in a contemporary building with rich academic, clinical, and research resources, which includes an eight-camera motion analysis laboratory and a multi-disciplinary clinical practice. The School of Allied Health Professions is an integral part of a health sciences center with a level I trauma center. Our students are exposed to clinical interaction with patients throughout the curriculum. Prospective and current students may visit the SAHP Student Affairs website for an updated listing of tuition and fees.

(Page Last Update 6/17/2011)