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(Like the medical and nursing professions, the field of physical therapy \
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(people in the aging baby-boomer population who need such services is gro\
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(by the organizations that accredit universities and the degree programs \
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(professionalism led to a brand new Doctor of Physical Therapy \(DPT\) de\
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(\(SHS\). SHS also offers the DScPT for students who already hold a maste\
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(for the first time this semester.)Tj
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(The new DPT program has three goals: to provide an educational program t\
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(physical therapy; to provide opportunities for the advancement of knowle\
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(provide service to the public through continuing education and expertise\
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(The new DPT will meet newly established guidelines by the American Physi\
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(Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education, calling for physical thera\
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(\223The DPT will allow physical therapists to be better diagnosticians, \
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(better treatment plans, as well as giving the DPT candidates more academ\
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(In earning the DPT, the physical therapist will gain a broader range of \
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(streamlined course of therapy. Currently in Michigan and in other states\
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(write a prescription before the patient can receive treatment from a PT.\
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(legislature would allow PTs to evaluate and treat patients without physi\
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(\223We hadn\222t been teaching students to read X-rays in the past, for \
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(The biggest change for students, Olson said, is that now, candidates wil\
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(Professional change and challenge are not strangers to PT students, Olso\
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(\223Our students are very goal-oriented. They come to health sciences wi\
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(see it as the top goal, the brass ring of the profession,\224 Olson said\
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(Beth Marcoux, director of the OU physical therapy program, said the new \
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