Colleges seeing increase in physical therapy students
Rehab Regs, October 14, 2005
The University of Indianapolis has seen a notable increase of physical therapy students in the last couple of years, a trend the school's dean believes is also seen around the country.
Interim dean Pamela Ritzline attributes the increased numbers to a shortage of clinicians in the field. "You can graduate, get a good salary, and pretty much name the facility you want to work," she said.
Ritzline says the shortage was due to a drop of interest in the late 1990s after cuts in federal healthcare reimbursement. The university's number of undergraduates studying physical therapy increased by 47% from last year, and Ritzline said she expects that number to continue to rise.
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