Program Outcomes - (HB71)

Program Mission

The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program is committed to high standards as it educates students with the knowledge, clinical skills, professional behaviors, and core values essential to evidence based and culturally competent care.

Program Vision

The program emphasis on technology and communication facilitates learning in the classroom as the program endeavors to educate students who:

• strive for excellence as physical therapist assistants
• commit to high ethical standards
• appreciate and value racial, social, economic, and cultural diversity
• utilize critical reflection
• invest in community improvement
• engage in lifelong learning

Program Outcomes

The design of the PTA curriculum, along with the mission of the PTA program, and the activities undertaken by the faculty and staff of the NVCC PTA Program should achieve the following program outcomes:

1. Produce safe, competent, caring graduates with the entry-level skills of a physical therapist assistant.
2. The average two-year passing rate of the graduates who choose to take the Physical Therapist Assistant national licensure examination will be at least 95%.
3. The average two-year employment rate for the graduates who seek employment as a Physical Therapist Assistant and will attain a position within one-year of graduation will be 100%.
4. 90% or more of students entering the program will complete the program within 1 1/2 times the length of the program (6 semesters or 3 years) as reported using CAPTE standards.