Stanbridge College is committed to your Physical Therapist Assistant education and career. As a highly regarded and award winning institution for academic excellence, here are some of the opportunities and benefits you will receive as a student in our PTA program:

Caring, Industry-Experienced Faculty and Staff

Our Physical Therapist Assistant program faculty and staff are caring, friendly, and highly qualified in the industry. With decades of experience in their fields, our PTA faculty members are connected with a wide variety of employers in the Allied Health and PT industry.

Multi-Term NPTE for PTA Preparation

Our unyielding commitment to our students’ preparation for the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) for PTAs includes cumulative review and exit exams in terms 1, 2, and 3. In term 4, students receive a comprehensive end-of-program review and NPTE for PTAs Exam Preparation course. Stanbridge College continuously provides top-of-the-line examination preparation materials and courses to assist students in successfully completing their exam. These services are provided at no additional charge to our students.

Professional Physical Therapist Assistant Skills Lab

The Physical Therapist Assistant Skills Lab gives students access to a multitude of exercise equipment, adaptive equipment, mobility devices, therapeutic activities, positioning devices and modality equipment, where physical therapy skills can be developed. Stanbridge College also has a professional clinical Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Skills Lab, a Nursing Skills Lab with 10 hospital beds and a Nursing Simulation lab with 6 hospital beds with up-to-date simulation mannequins and equipment.

With the PTA, OTA, Nursing Skills and High Fidelity Simulation labs our students our students are prepared for a seamless transition into their Allied Health profession.

3D Human Anatomy Software Learning Resource

Every student in our Physical Therapist Assistant program receives 3D Human Anatomy software theirs to keep. This is a complete guide to human anatomy and physiology with over 2000 detailed illustrations and graphics and 3D modeling of select bones, organs and muscles. This is an invaluable learning tool and is a unique benefit to choosing Stanbridge College.

Superior Technology

Stanbridge students learn in classrooms and labs outfitted with the newest and most current technology including:

• SMART Board interactive virtual learning environments in every classroom
• Laptops for each student in every classroom
• PowerPoint presentations available online with note saving availability
• Computerized exams for instant score results
• Digital Learning Resource System, which includes the Online Library & Online Learner

Awards and Honors

Stanbridge College has been named to the 2009, 2010 and 2011 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.^1,2,3 Stanbridge is also a 2008 - 2009 recipient of the School of Excellence Award from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges (ACCSC).⁴ In 2009, 2010 and 2011 Stanbridge College also was recognized by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc as America’s Best Technical Colleges.⁵

1. Source: http://www.learnandserve.gov/pdf/10_0225_lsa_honorrollfulllist.pdf. As viewed on January 4, 2012.
2. Source: http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/2011_hr_awardees.pdf. As viewed on January 4, 2012.
3. Source: http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/2012_hr_awardees.pdf. As viewed on April 11, 2012.
4. Source: http://www.accsc.org/Content/Resources/..../TheStandard1009.pdf. As viewed on January 4, 2012.
5. Source: http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/defaultmanagement/search_cohort.cfm.  As viewed on January 4, 2012