{"id":4896,"date":"2021-09-15T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/?post_type=program&#038;p=4896"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:23:37","slug":"timeline-to-completion","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/timeline-to-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline to Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-u-py-80\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"uwm-l-col content-area\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\">\n\t<header class=\"page-header\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">\n\t\t\tTimeline to Completion\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/header>\n\t\n\t\n\n<p>Students complete six semesters of didactic course work over two years, starting in the summer. During these two years, you will be in the community every semester and will complete one formal clinical rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to formal coursework, you will complete a third year which involves two, 12-week clinical rotations. Students may add an optional 12-week clinical in a specialty area. Students who choose the optional clinical elective would graduate the following May, one semester later, and incur additional tuition, travel, and living expenses based on the clinical\u2019s location.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that a full-time student will take at least two and a half years to successfully complete the program.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"secondary\" class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1 content-area\">\n            <nav aria-label=\"Section\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border uwm-u-mb-40\">\n                <div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/\">Doctor of Physical Therapy<\/a>                <\/div>\n                <ul>\n                                            \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/mission-vision-values\/\" >Mission, Vision &amp; Values<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/timeline-to-completion\/\" >Timeline to Completion<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/627\/2022\/08\/2025-dpt-student-financial-fact-sheet2-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Fact Sheet (PDF)<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/clinical-education\/\" >Clinical Education<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/get-involved\/\" >Get Involved<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/professional-organizations\/\" >Professional Organizations<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/graduation\/\" >Graduation<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/orthopedic-residency\/\" >Orthopedic Residency<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/community\/physical-therapy-services-uwm-accesspt\/\" >Physical Therapy Services &#8211; UWM AccessPT<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/rehabilitation-sciences-technology\/academics\/dr-physical-therapy\/faqs\/\" >FAQs<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sce\/program_area\/health-professions-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health Professions &amp; Sciences Continuing Education<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>\n            <\/nav>\n        \n\n\n    <div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-u-my-40\">\n        <div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Contact<\/div>\n        <div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\">\n            <div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n                <p>Phone:\u00a0414-229-3360<br>Fax:\u00a0414-229-3366<br><br>For admissions questions, email\u00a0<br><a href=\"mailto:pt-program@uwm.edu\">pt-program@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Wendy E. Huddleston, PT, PhD<\/strong><br>Program Director<br><a href=\"mailto:huddlest@uwm.edu\">huddlest@uwm.edu<\/a><br>414-251-9336<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":14355,"parent":183,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uwm_academics_program_template":"subpage","_uwm_academics_program_navigation":[],"uwm_academics_program_card_image_id":0,"uwm_academics_program_banner_image_id":0,"uwm_academics_program_sort_title":"","uwm_academics_program_external_url":"","uwm_academics_program_jump_details_btn":true,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_programs_archive_page":false,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_programs_block":false,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_department_page":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"program_group":[],"program_tag":[],"program_type":[],"program_format":[],"program_department":[],"class_list":["post-4896","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Rehabilitation Sciences &amp; 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