COURSEWORK TOOL6 (CWT6) is new for Physical Therapists

COURSEWORK TOOL6 (CWT6) for Physical Therapists

Non US trained physical therapists (PTs) must fulfil certain educational standards to become U.S. licensed and visa eligible in US. These standards criteria are summarized by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) as coursework tools (CWT).

CWT 5 or COURSEWORK TOOL5 was given on July 1, 2009. Now the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) is going to impose CWT 6 as an up gradation.

So starting January 1, 2017 COURSEWORK TOOLS5 is being replaced by COURSEWORK TOOLS6.

As a physical therapist willing to work in USA,  you should know how COURSEWORK TOOLS6 will impact you.

The FSBPT the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy provides a brief explanation on its site

“ The Coursework Tools for Foreign Educated Physical Therapists (coursework tools) were developed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) in response to the needs of its member jurisdictions (U.S. States) for a standardized method to evaluate the educational equivalence of foreign educated physical therapists.  

Adoption of the tools would allow the same mobility of foreign-educated PTs as that afforded to US-educated graduates.”

What is changing with COURSEWORK TOOLS6?

1.       The minimum degree required is effectively a DPTh. 

2.       With the new coursework tool, your conferred degree must be equivalent to an entry-level or first professional degree for a US PT, which is the doctor of physical therapy (DPTh). 

3.       COURSEWORK TOOLS6: Educational equivalencies and a BPT are no longer accepted.

4.       A minimum of 170 semester credit hours, which includes general and professional education. 

5.       COURSEWORK TOOLS6: 20 more credit hours than COURSEWORK TOOLS5.

6.       COURSEWORK TOOLS6 added general education requirements in additional subject areas.

7.       Professional education demands 68 classroom credit hours and 22 clinical education credits.  

8.       COURSEWORK TOOLS6: The total number of credits remains 90 but the breakout of classroom and clinical differs.

9.       Clinical education credits are capped at a maximum of 22 hours. The clinical education must consist of no less than 1,050 hours total and supervised by a PT. 

10.   COURSEWORK TOOLS6: The credits awarded dropped one credit hour from 23, but the hours required jumped up from 800 to 1,050.

11.   COURSEWORK TOOLS6 requires that the clinical education consist of TWO internships in DIFFERING practice settings.

For more details please visit:

https://www.fsbpt.org/



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