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Physical therapy in the United States is now trained as an entry‑level doctoral profession: most programs award a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and state licensure requires a DPT from a CAPTE‑accre...
The entry-level degree for U.S. physical therapists moved from bachelor’s to master’s in the late 20th century and to the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) as the standard by January 2016, a change dri...
The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in the United States is presented in institutional and professional materials as an entry‑level, professional or clinical doctorate designed to qualify graduates f...
The DPT became the standard entry-level credential for U.S. physical therapists and reshaped education, while licensing, supervision, and payer rules have evolved to give PTs and PTAs more operational...
The shift in the United States from master’s-level entry to the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) standardized entry by 2020 brought longer curricula and substantially more clinical time in most progra...
The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in the U.S. is an entry‑level professional doctorate that is primarily accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commission on Accreditation in Phy...
Research and reporting in the supplied sources show consensus that the DPT is now the entry-level standard in U.S. physical therapy education and that DPT curricula emphasize expanded clinical decisio...