{"id":5263,"date":"2012-04-13T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_8275\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"600\"]<img class=\"wp-image-8275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/ortega.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"749\" \/> <strong>C"},"modified":"2016-04-01T21:26:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T21:26:01","slug":"new-transitional-doctorate-of-physical-therapy-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/new-transitional-doctorate-of-physical-therapy-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"New Transitional Doctorate of Physical Therapy offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_8275\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8275\" class=\"wp-image-8275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/ortega.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"749\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Catherine Ortega, Ed.D., PT, ATC, OCS, chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, will lead the new Transitional Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree program.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indextxt\" style=\"text-align: left\">Physical therapists who are seeking a way to update their credentials to the nationally recommended Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree are able to earn the degree through the Health Science Center\u2019s newly approved transitional DPT degree program. &#8220;In 2000, the American Physical Therapy Association published its Vision 2020 statement that set a new goal for the profession,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.uthscsa.edu\/?pid=profile&amp;id=0V71DTBZ6\">Catherine Ortega, Ed.D.<\/a>, associate professor and chair of the department. &#8220;The goal was that the entry-level degree should be a doctorate in physical therapy. 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