Can a DPT student work as a PT assistant while still in school.

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Can a DPT student work as a PT assistant while still in school. This will help the person get experience as well as earn some money to help with the college expenses.
 
Can a DPT student work as a PT assistant while still in school. This will help the person get experience as well as earn some money to help with the college expenses.

A PT student can work as a PT Aide not as an assistant while in school. You need to have degree in PTA and have a PTA license to practice as a PTA.
 
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Just as the previous poster stated, you need to graduate from a PTA program and be licensed to be an assistant. As for an aide, you don't have to have any licensure. I worked as an aide for a year before applying to PT school to get some hours. The placed that hired me was a private practice ortho clinic. They started me at 9.00/hr, but when I left I was getting paid 12.75/hr.