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Physical Therapy


Greetings from the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program of the University of Texas at El Paso!

The College of Health Sciences and the University continue to experience rapid advancement. The DPT Program is housed at Campbell Building at 1101 N Campbell about a mile from the main UTEP campus. The Campbell Building has undergone various renovations over the past several years, including the recently opened $1.3 million Human Anatomy Teaching Laboratory. Additionally we regularly use the state-of-the-art hospital simulation lab at the Health Sciences and Nursing Building on main campus.

These facilities allow us to train our students for various practice settings. Physical Therapy is a very dynamic profession with generalist as well as specialist opportunities for practice. There is high demand for our graduates in this region as well as across the state and nation. Physical Therapists are respected members of the health care team with many opportunities to practice with children and adults in settings such as geriatrics, sports rehabilitation, orthopedics, wound care, acute care, women’s health, pediatrics, and neuro-rehabilitation. Physical therapists are well paid but the most gratifying aspect of this profession is the satisfaction we have from helping people achieve their personal best in physical function. We are a caring profession.

The UTEP DPT degree requires 9 consecutive semesters, full-time, in a lock-step program. Students enter as a cohort in May and graduate in May, 3 years later. The Program is both challenging and rewarding. We are particularly proud of our unique model of integrating Spanish language training in our curriculum.

Following graduation, students are eligible to take the national licensure exam (National Physical Therapy Exam). Successful outcome on the licensure examination qualifies the graduate to work in any of the 50 states. We are fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), recognized by United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

CAPTE Accreditation information can be found at:  CAPTE Accreditation

We welcome you to consider joining our wonderful profession and to receive your education in our unique region.


UTEP By the Numbers during the Past Three Years:

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Employment Rates of UTEP DPT Graduates Ultimate NPTE Pass Rate Graduation Rate UTEP DPT Students Each Year Working with Faculty in Exploring Research

 

Accreditation: 

The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at University of Texas at El Paso is accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email:
accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the
program/institution directly, please call 915-747-8207 or
email: dpt@utep.edu.

A comprehensive resource for any student or parent interested in investigating the accreditation status of a specific program at a school. Specialized Accreditation 101 includes six of the most common programs where students can expect to encounter specialized accreditations, including healthcare, the arts and paralegal education, as well as some of the most influential accreditation bodies for each program.

Specialized Accreditation 101: Navigating the value and importance of specialized accreditation:  www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/accreditation/specialized/

DPT STUDENT APPLICATION

 

Prospective Student Application Information

In order to ensure that each applicant has an equal opportunity to receive a timely and accurate response from the Admissions Committee, we utilize email to communicate.  Therefore, if you still have questions after thoroughly reviewing our Website, please email us at  UTEP DPT Admissions.

Given the high number of potential applicants, we are unable to advise potential applicants in person & cannot provide individual tours.

Spanish Language Integratation

If you are interested in learning more about UTEP DPT Program’s unique model of integrating Spanish language training in our curriculum, please read:

Pechak CM, Diaz D, Dillon D. Integrating Spanish language training across a physical therapist curriculum: A case report of one program’s efforts to promote linguistic competence. Phys Ther. 2014;94(12):1807-1815.

 

Villarreal E, Pechak C. Integrated Spanish language training: learners’ expanded Spanish vocabulary and positive perceptions after 4 semesters. J Phys Ther Educ. 2017;31(4):20-28.

 

Pechak C, Dillon L, Umucu E. Improving patient-provider communication: evolution of a tool to assess physical therapist students’ Spanish language proficiency. Health Comm. 2018; Jul 10:1-8. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1495161


 

Loretta Schoen Dillon Endowed Scholarship


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FEATURED NEWS


UTEP’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties. Thenral Mangadu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of public health sciences and MARC’s director, the project will follow a holistic community-engaged partnership model first established with CASFV in 2012.

UTEP Receives Grant to Support Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault in Rural Counties

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties.

An article by Gregory S. Schober, Ph.D., UTEP assistant professor of rehabilitation sciences, was recently published in the Latin American Research Review. Schober’s article “Conditional Cash Transfers, Resources, and Political Participation in Latin America,” examined the effects of government cash transfer programs on civic and political participation in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Assistant Professor Published in Latin American Journal

Mexico’s antipoverty conditional cash transfer (CCT) program has increased political and civic participation in the country, according to Gregory S. Schober, Ph.D., assistant professor of rehabilitation sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso.

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The University of Texas at El Paso
Physical Therapy
Mailing Address: 500 W University Ave. El Paso, Texas 79968
Physical Address: 1101 N. Campbell St.
El Paso, Texas 79902

E: dpt@utep.edu
P: (915) 747-8207
F: (915) 747-8211