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The National Physical Therapy Examinations (NPTE) program has two purposes: 1) to provide examination services to regulatory authorities charged with the regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants; and 2) to provide a common element in the evaluation of candidates so that standards will be comparable from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
 
The physical therapist (PT) and physical therapist assistant (PTA) examinations under the National Physical Therapy Examinations (NPTE) are designed to assess basic entry-level competence of the licensure candidate who has graduated from an accredited program or from an equivalent non-accredited program.
The physical therapist assistant (PTA) examination is intended to assess basic entry-level competence of the candidate who has graduated from an accredited program for physical therapist assistants or has met equivalent requirements set by a licensing authority for physical therapist assistants. The physical therapy examination is only one part of the evaluation process used by licensing authorities. In some jurisdictions, the physical therapy examination is supplemented by other means of assessing candidates' ability to provide physical therapy.

The EDC determines which items are included on an examination based on an examination outline or blueprint. This outline provides the committee with the content areas that must be on the examination and the number of questions to be included from each content area.


Questions (items) for the examinations are solicited from physical therapists and physical therapist assistants representing a broad range of practice settings in all parts of the country. Item writers attend workshops and receive instruction to enable them to write high-quality, job-related examination items.

 
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