Physical Therapist Assistant Program - Tarrant County College

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DOCUMENTATION OF WORK EXPERIENCE FORM (WEF) – pg 2 of 2Print Name (Last, First , Maiden)Phone Number (required)DateEmail address (required)□ Check this box if you did not submit a WEF last year.□ Check this box if you submitted a WEF last year and areUPDATING your hours with another form. Include only hourssince your last submission.THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLETE ONLY THE TOP PORTION OF THIS FORM.THE EMPLOYER MUST COMPLETE THE INFORMATION BELOW – please see instructions on accompanying page.Employer, based on the descriptions below, locate the type of hours the applicant completed and fill in the requestedinformation. Thank you for completing this form for the applicant.TYPE OF WORK EXPERIENCE1. PAID PT TECH OR AIDEPosition was a PT tech or aide and hours worked were in a PT dept providing physical therapyactivities as directed by a PT (can be combination of PT/OT tech hours, but majority must be withPT) or if position was athletic trainer (ATC/LAT) and hours worked were in a PT dept providingphysical therapy activities directed by a PTTOTAL CLOCKHOURS -do notinclude hoursbefore 4/1/2008STARTDATE OFHOURSSTOPDATE OFHOURS2. UNPAID VOLUNTEER OR OBSERVER*Position was strictly as a volunteer or observer of physical therapy activities performed by aPT or PTA.3. OTHER HEALTHCARE POSITIONSPosition was paid, direct patient/client care as one of the following: CNA, LVN, RN, licensedmassage therapist, paramedic (if combined with firefighter, primary job must be paramedic),chiropractic tech (not office worker), licensed/certified athletic trainer, degree exercisephysiologist, restorative aid, or licensed occupational therapist/assistant.List which occupation was held:________________________________________________Print Name of Person Completing this Form, include professional and work titleand credentials (e.g. Jane Smith, PT, MS – clinic owner, or John Doe, MBA – HRDirectorSignature of Person Completing this FormYour Facility NameYour Contact Number*If this form documents PT tech or volunteer/observation hours and the person completing this form is not a PT or PTA (such as anoffice manager or HR manager), please have the PT or PTA whom the applicant was with write in his/her name and signature here:Physical Therapist Assistant Program– 2013 Admissions Information Booklet - Revised Oct 2012Page 26
APPENDIX F - RESEARCH PAPER CRITERIA (4 pages)If you submitted a paper in a previous year, you must update it to include any new requirements beforeresubmitting.Each applicant is required to submit a research paper to complete his/her application to the program before theapplication deadline. The criterion for submission is listed below. Students who do not follow these criteria will benotified by email and given a chance to resubmit the paper (if the paper is received after March 25 and needsrevision, the applicant will be given one week to revise after receiving notification).Applications will be considered “incomplete” without an acceptable paper.Applicants who submitted a paper in previous years should revise their previously submitted report tofollow the current requirements. New requirements for 2013 are in RED.Format of the Paper• The student will create a 1500-1700 word, computer-generated paper. It will consist of a title page, the body of work,and a reference page. The title and reference pages do not apply toward the word count.• Use black lettering and do not add fancy backgrounds. Font type will be New Times Roman, Tahoma, or Arial. Fontsize will be either 10 or 12. Top and side margins will be no more than 1.25”. All text is to be double-spaced.• The first part of the paper is research-based (the first 12 topics) and should not be written as a narrative; however,the second part of the paper (the last 5 topics) is about the student and may be written in narrative form (use of “I” isOK). Avoid using incomplete sentences (except in case of bulleted list as shown below in “description of job duties”).Use bulleted lists sparingly. Headings based on the outline given below MUST be used to separate reportsections.• Title page will include four centered lines: student’s full name, student ID number (from WebAdvisor, NOT socialsecurity number), date of submission, and title “PTA Admissions Research Paper”.• Use proper English grammar and punctuation. Indent paragraphs. Use “spell check” function of Microsoft Word as abackup only.• Use the “word count” function (under “Tools”) in Microsoft Word to assure minimum and/or maximum word count issatisfied before submitting paper.• Citations within the paper and a reference page must be included in the paper (see section below onplagiarism).Required Headings and Topics (heading requirement new for 2013)You may include additional headings/topics but ALL of the following MUST be included in the paper. Do notreword headings.PART I – Research (12 bullets)• Physical Therapy History and Purpose (Overview of history and purpose of physical therapy profession)• Purpose and Mission of American Physical Therapy Association (Discussion of the purpose and missionof the American Physical Therapy Association)• Purpose and Mission of Texas Physical Therapy Association (Discussion of the purpose and mission ofthe Texas Physical Therapy AssociationPhysical Therapist Assistant Program– 2013 Admissions Information Booklet - Revised Oct 2012Page 27
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