William Carey University’s physical therapy program has received full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
The three-year, doctoral program includes classroom instruction, hands-on practice of techniques and clinical rotations at healthcare organizations that provide physical therapy services to patients. As with other doctoral degree programs in healthcare-related fields, accrediting agencies do not consider granting full accreditation until a program’s inaugural class has graduated.
WCU’s inaugural physical therapy class graduated in August. CAPTE awarded the program full accreditation in November.
WCU President Dr. Tommy King congratulated the Physical Therapy Department’s director, Dr. Cynthia Scott, and her staff.
“We didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to have a physical therapy program. It took five years of planning, recruiting, reports and site visits to bring us to this day. I thank our talented and dedicated faculty and students for their hard work,” King said.
Dr. Scott said John 1:16 could easily be the motto of her program: “For from his fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.”
“I have felt the gracious hand of our heavenly father from the moment Dr. King and I began to discuss a physical therapy program for William Carey University. As I met Dr. Judy Prehn and we sat in a makeshift office wondering where to begin. As we hired our first faculty members, as we set policy, as we planned curriculum, navigated accreditation standards, and selected our first class,” Scott said.
“Grace has marked this program in so many ways. Just to mention a few, the generosity of the administration and the board of trustees, the miracle of acquiring talented and experienced faculty and staff members, and the benefits of an advisory committee who provided advice and insight.”
For more about WCU’s physical therapy program, call (601) 318-6584 or visit www.emcarey.edu/physical-therapy.