University of Michigan - Flint

Enhance your knowledge and skills, broaden your clinical perspective, and invigorate your passion for the profession.  Learn with a diversity of clinicians who all come together with a desire to collaborate in a learning process that advances clinical skills and decision-making. Content is presented online from an evidence-based practice perspective, allowing you to apply the most current and relevant biomedical literature to individual patient management decisions on a daily basis. Learning materials are available via computer including the web and through live audio chat discussions and interaction. If you are a practicing physical therapist with a U.S. or Canadian license, UM-Flint’s Online Post-Professional t-DPT program is designed to enable you to advance your career to the doctoral level and to provide opportunity and challenge to enhance your professional competence and career marketability.  Within our on-line program, opportunities exist to enhance your general clinical skills (t-DPT) and to enhance clinical skills in a focused professional practice area (Clinical Concentrations / PT Clinical Certificate with APTA Credentialed Residency).

Are you a busy, practicing clinician?  Fitting Post-Professional t-DPT courses to advance your career can be challenging. In the University of Michigan-Flint Post-Professional t-DPT program courses are ALL offered online, making it a flexible and easy way to move forward.  Most courses are offered in a semester (14 week) or condensed, half semester format (7 week). Students may take courses every semester, or opt to take a semester off. This program will fit your current work/life schedule.

The number of credits required to complete the Online Post-Professional t-DPT program depends on your educational background.  Generally, master's-prepared, licensed PT's can complete the online Post-Professional t-DPT program taking 7 to 9 courses. Baccalaureate-prepared, licensed PT's can complete the program taking 9 to 15 courses, depending on prior experience (Previous Experience Link).  UM-Flint’s Online Post-Professional t-DPT program is consistent with guidelines set by the APTA and offers courses relevant to advance clinical practice. The program recognizes the contribution experience plays in developing physical therapy leaders and presents courses with immediate applicability to real world practice.

Topics may include neuroscience, pharmacology, radiology, primary care and differential diagnosis, advanced clinical decision-making, teaching, learning, pediatrics, geriatrics, health education and wellness promotion.  Join us in changing the future!

We Have the Resources You Need:

Frances Willson Thompson Library resources are easily available from off campus. 

Office of Extended Learning is ready to assist you with your distance e-learning needs.

Additional online learning support resources.

Online Post-Professional t-DPT Degree Requirements

Students must complete 24 credits.

• Students must complete 24 credits.
  
  
• All requirements must be completed within three years from the time of initial acceptance.
  
  
• By PTET review used to establish the learning contract, up to two courses may be substituted based on previous coursework. UM-Flint MPT Graduates may possibly substitute up to three courses or 12 credit hours.  Students will be able to substitute up to 12 credit hours of the new specialization courses being developed for the Transitional Clinical DPTwith clinical concentrations in orthopedics, neurology, geriatrics, pediatrica ans cardiopulmonary linked to APTA residencies (submitted to the HLC in a separate Request for Change Proposal).  These substitutions must be specified in the initial learning contract.
  
  
• The Service Learning Practicum and Case Study Capstone may not be waived by any student.
  
  
• In extreme circumstances, students may petition for a leave of absence from the program and be allowed to continue later on a space available basis. An example of extreme circumstances would be a serious medical problem.
  
  
• Degree candidates must attain an overall grade point average of 5.0 or higher and no course grade below "C".
  
  The Graduate Admission Office is ready to answer any questions and lend a hand with applying to the t-DPT program.
  
  Click HERE for information about credit for prior experience! 
  
  More information about admission criteria can be found HERE.
  
  Or if you are ready, click HERE to apply!