Post-Professional DPT

About our post-professional DPT

Our online post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) is a 30-credit-hour program is for licensed, practicing physical therapists who desire lifelong learning, engagement, and leadership in their field. Spalding’s School of Physical Therapy offers both the post-professional DPT as well as an entry-level DPT program. So, you’ll not only gain degree parity with physical therapists who graduate from entry-level DPT programs but you’ll also receive a current body of knowledge and skills that can be directly applied to in your career.

• You can start in any semester, and most classes can be taken in any order.
• Program length based on transfer credits (may be eligible to transfer up to 10 hrs).
• You’ll learn with and from physical therapy clinicians from around the country.
• You’ll work with a skilled and caring faculty who have online teaching experience.

Program Details

• 100% online format
• 20 credit hours
  • Online classes and lectures (18 credit hours)
  • Capstone (2 credit hours)
• 10 students per cohort
• Rolling admissions

We will begin accepting applications in summer 2021. Tell us a little bit about yourself and we’ll let you know when our application opens.

Rich, Diverse Online Learning

Spalding’s post-professional DPT program provides a rich, diverse online learning community. You’ll work with and engage in shared learning with other physical therapists who practice in a variety of settings all over the country. Our faculty have decades of clinical practice and are certified in a variety of specialties, including pediatrics and geriatrics. They use innovative teaching and learning strategies to meet the diverse needs of students they teach.

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The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) does not apply to post-professional physical therapy programs.

Course Requirements

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
DPT 731	Diagnostics and Pharmacology I	1
DPT 832	Diagnostics and Pharmacology II	2
DPT 833	Diagnostics and Pharmacology III	2
DPT 834	Diagnostics and Pharmacology IV	2
DPT 851	Critical Inquiry I	2
DPT 852	Critical Inquiry II	2
DPT 953	Critical Inquiry III	3
DPT 992	Teaching and Learning in Physical Therapy	2
DPT 993	Special Topics in Physical Therapy	2
DPT 994	Capstone in Physical Therapy Practice	2

Admission Deadlines

We will begin accepting applications in 2023. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

In the meantime, we encourage you to tell us about yourself, and we’ll be in touch with more program information.

Admission Requirements

As an applicant to Spalding’s post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) you must submit a graduate application and show evidence of the following:

• You are a graduate of a CAPTE accredited physical therapy program and/or equivalency as determined by the Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy (FCCPT).
• You hold a current license to practice physical therapy in any US state or jurisdiction.