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Colleges Physical Therapy

Virginia Said:

I am so confused about colleges? Physical therapy? Oncology?

We Answered:

To be either a physical therapist or an oncologist requires graduate school. Physical therapists should consider undergraduate majors that include the prerequisite courses that are required by the graduate program. This can be biology, kinesiology, health care sciences, etc...or anything as long as you meet the prerequisite requirements. As you near completion of that and any other requirements by your school, you will apply to graduate school. Most PT programs are now doctoral and those that aren't are in the process of changing to one. This phase of the program is typically 3 years. There are some accelerated programs where you can do it in 6, but it's usually 7 years.

To be an oncologist (I'm assuming you mean radiation oncologist as opposed to a surgeon). This requires 4 years of undergraduate as well, followed by medical school. Good undergraduate majors for med school applicants usually involves something in the hard sciences...biochemistry, for example. Once done with the 4 years of undergrad and then 4 years of medical school, you would enter a residency program for radiation oncology which is typically another 4 years. At this point, you are actually a physician and bringing in money, but it's still a learning experience for you. Other residencies aren't as long, some are longer (I think the general surgery residency is 5 years).

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