Priority given to applications received by March 1, 2022.
Overview
Lake Superior College in Duluth, MN offers a learning environment like no other in the nation! Our college has an outpatient physical therapy clinic on campus. As a physical therapist student, you’ll get hands-on experience by providing low-cost physical therapy services to members of the community under the supervision of faculty members. In addition, you’ll get clinical experiences off campus. This hands-on, real world approach to learning and the experience gained gives Lake Superior College physical therapist assistant graduates an advantage during the search for employment.
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Skills & Knowledge
- Learn how to minimize physical disability, movement dysfunction, and pain
- Implement a comprehensive treatment plan developed by a physical therapist
- Observe and assess the patient’s condition
- Teach exercises and activities of daily living
- Use specialized equipment
- Document patient treatment
- Observe the patient’s response to treatment
- Participate in discharge planning and follow-up care
Accreditation
The Physical Therapist Assistant Program at Lake Superior College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: [email protected]; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call (218) 733-7632 or email [email protected].
Plan Your Education
The Program Guide is a tool to help you map out how to successfully get your degree at Lake Superior College.
Related Degree
We also have a unique, online, degree completion pta military-bridge program specifically for military-trained physical therapy specialists and technicians.
Community Resources
If you are interested in helping our students learn and getting low-cost physical therapy: Sign up for our physical therapy clinic
Learn more about this program at the next Healthcare Program Open House.
$16,000
Approximate total tuition & fees for MN residents to complete this degree (on-campus program).
Tuition & Fees
2 Years
The physical therapist assistant degree may be completed in 2 years if prerequisites are complete (on-campus program).
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