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Article: Use of demographic and quantitative admissions data to predict performance on the national physical therapy examination.(Education Special Series)
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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To become a physical therapist in the United States, a student must first graduate from an accredited professional physical therapist education program and then pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). Students who fail the NPTE face restrictions on their ability to practice while they prepare to retake the examination. For physical therapist education programs, low NPTE pass rates may negatively affect accreditation decisions and reflect poorly on the program. Therefore, prediction of performance on the NPTE could be useful to both students and faculty in physical therapist education programs.
The NPTE is a 200-question, standardized examination ...