# Physical Therapist Assistants...tell me about your job.

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**Created:** [July 9, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-therapist-assistants-tell-me-about-your-job/663049 "2013-07-09T16:06:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-therapist-assistants-tell-me-about-your-job/663049/1 "2013-07-09T16:06:18Z")

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Well, that’s pretty much it!

The reason I’d like to hear some accounts is because somebody mentioned to me that, due to my interests and peeple skills, it might be something I could really get in to and be good at.

I’ve been poking aroud and reading some pretty generic descriptions. I know that it’s 2 years of what looks like fairly intense schooling…one program advised that one _may_ have time to work a job while in the program, but you probably won’t have time for more than 24 hours of work a week.

It looks like it pays pretty well, I guess. And job prospects are going to be there, since the health care field in general will continue to grow.

Do many PTAs conitnue their education and specialize or branch out?

I was going to start taking CE courses anyway, so depending on what I learn in the next week or so I might decide to take an Intro to PT class instead. Sounds MUCH more interesting than accounting.