Program Mission and Goals

Mission

Through visionary leadership and contemporary teaching, Navarro College Physical Therapist Assistant Program provides students the technical skills necessary to provide evidenced based care and leadership within their communities and practices while maintaining high ethical standards and professional behaviors of a physical therapist assistant under the supervision of the physical therapist.

Goals

GOAL 1: The program will provide exceptional educational experiences that reflect contemporary practice.

GOAL 2: The faculty will provide contemporary curricula that reflects current practice models.

GOAL 3: Graduates will achieve an effective transition from student to entry level professional member of the health care team.

GOAL 4: Graduates will demonstrate behaviors congruent with the high ethical standards as established by the Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant and the Guide for Conduct of the Physical Therapist Assistant.