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PT School Proliferation

To the Editor:

Your Editor's Note (June 1994) condemning the "proliferation" of physical therapy schools prompted me to write. As a physical therapy student, I wholeheartedly endorse the development of new programs, especially in those areas of the country where there is a demonstrated need for therapists and schools are few and far between. You argue eloquently for the expansion of existing programs, citing the need for "economy of scale," "true faculty development," and "development of positions whereby clinical faculty can coexist with traditional academic faculty and be given the respect they deserve." It appears from your arguments that you are more concerned with bolstering the prestige of physical therapy faculty within the hallowed halls of academia than teaching students to be competent therapists....

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Proliferation of Schools

Jules M Rothstein
Physical Therapy 1994 74: 518-520. [Abstract] [PDF]