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   Our user asked: "Do you think in future year's physical therapist will be able to provide medication to their patients? If so do you think this physical therapist will need to obtain a pharmaceutical degree?"

Ask a PT Response: "Becoming a physical therapist now requires a doctorate of physical therapy degree. With this degree, one of the requirements is for therapists to take a more in depth class in pharmacology. Despite this requirement, PTs are still unable to prescribe medications unless the PT is an army PT. Army PTs have limited priviledges in regards to prescribing medications (see link):
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+role+of+the+Army+physical+therapists+as+nonphysician+health+care+...-a016863109
Personally as a PT, I would rather not have to worry about prescribing medications and focus on what I was trained on and know best, which is helping my patient recover with minimial use of medications. In the future, if our profession begins to lean towards prescribing medications, I definitely think that further education would be required to ensure safety and optimal outcomes for patients."

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Ask a PT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: Jul 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 954	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ask a PT Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: physical therapy question Posted: Oct 05 2009 at 1:26pm
	Our user asked: "Do you think in future year's physical therapist will be able to provide medication to their patients? If so do you think this physical therapist will need to obtain a pharmaceutical degree?" Ask a PT Response: "Becoming a physical therapist now requires a doctorate of physical therapy degree. With this degree, one of the requirements is for therapists to take a more in depth class in pharmacology. Despite this requirement, PTs are still unable to prescribe medications unless the PT is an army PT. Army PTs have limited priviledges in regards to prescribing medications (see link): http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+role+of+the+Army+physical+therapists+as+nonphysician+health+care+...-a016863109 Personally as a PT, I would rather not have to worry about prescribing medications and focus on what I was trained on and know best, which is helping my patient recover with minimial use of medications. In the future, if our profession begins to lean towards prescribing medications, I definitely think that further education would be required to ensure safety and optimal outcomes for patients."

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romphysicaltherapy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: Nov 26 2012 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote romphysicaltherapy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 2:36am
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athenmartin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: Feb 18 2013 Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote athenmartin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Mar 20 2013 at 7:59am
	Ofcourse, If you want to own some PT clinic definitely you need to have a recognised degree.

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