Posted by Will The internship route had almost no quality control measures. The quality of programs varied widely among different schools. It also made it very easy to fake clinical hours and get certified without meeting the actually requirements. Historically, too many PT's had their ATC creditial given to them. If PT's can take shortcuts to the ATC creditial, then ATC should be able to take shortcuts to getting the PT creditial. The APTA would never let this happen and the NATA shouldn't either. The new certification standard is the first step in our profession becoming a true allied healthcare field. But, we have a long way to go to achieve the recognition we deserve.
on 3/9/2004, 1:38 pm
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I recently came across a couple of post that made reference to the new more stringent certification requirements as being unfortunate. I was very surprised that anyone would view this advancement as being unfortunate.
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