Bannecker Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Hi, I have a doctorate in physical therapy and I have been practicing for the past 2 years. I have been working for one of the most revered hospitals in the state of Texas, and I am working on an orthopedic fellowship. I like PT ok, but honestly I feel like a factory worker. I don’t feel like a valued and respected clinician. I cannot see me doing ONLY this for the rest of my career. I was thinking about PA school to further my education and open my world to treating more body systems than just muscle and nerves. I cannot prescribe meds or order imaging as a PT so my services are limited! I still need to take pre-reqs such as Genetics and O-Chems. My science GPA wasn’t “awesome” . I got a “C” in physics II (which was not required for my PT program) and Chem II which was a long time ago in undergrad.Should I go back and take those as well? Everything else was A’s and B’s What do you think my chances are of getting into a program? Do you think I will have to take any pre-reqs? Talk to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted May 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2022 Whether you need to go back and take those prereqs again depends on your overall science GPA and what your DPT program GPA is. If those are good, I would say above average chance. If they are meh, an average chance. Apply broadly and I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovesj Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 2:47 AM, Bannecker said: Hi, I have a doctorate in physical therapy and I have been practicing for the past 2 years. I have been working for one of the most revered hospitals in the state of Texas, and I am working on an orthopedic fellowship. I like PT ok, but honestly I feel like a factory worker. I don’t feel like a valued and respected clinician. I cannot see me doing ONLY this for the rest of my career. I was thinking about PA school to further my education and open my world to treating more body systems than just muscle and nerves. I cannot prescribe meds or order imaging as a PT so my services are limited! I still need to take pre-reqs such as Genetics and O-Chems. My science GPA wasn’t “awesome” . I got a “C” in physics II (which was not required for my PT program) and Chem II which was a long time ago in undergrad.Should I go back and take those as well? Everything else was A’s and B’s What do you think my chances are of getting into a program? Do you think I will have to take any pre-reqs? Talk to me.. I would definitely say go back and at least take some continue education courses on the classes that you feel you may need to brush up on. Most community colleges offer them either free of charge or for very little. I think your background of medicine would make you an extremely strong applicant, so if you think you are wanting to switch I would say go for it. See if you can shadow a PA to get a better perspective because who knows, maybe you want something with a little more reach like a M.D.. Either way, I say brush up on your classes but go ahead and throw applications in. What is the worst thing that can happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrthoPT2PA Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I am a PT who went hack to PA school. Now I work in ortho, glad I made the change. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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