The NPTE-YRLY, or now called the NPTE-i, will be the newly designed exam that will be given for foreign-trained physical therapists who graduated from physical therapy schools and universities from Egypt, India, Pakistan and the Philippines who want to work in the United States as licensed physical therapists. This new set of exam will be given sometime in 2011 and will be given only once a year thereafter.
In early July 2010, the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) announced that they are suspending all physical therapists who graduated from schools from the Philippines, Egypt, India, and Pakistan from taking the U.S. National Physical Therapy Examination or NPTE. This measure has been enforced because of "...compelling evidence gathered by the Federation reflecting systematic and methodical sharing and distribution of recalled questions by significant numbers of graduates of programs in the affected countries," according to the FSBPT website.
What has transpired since then? Click on the following links for updates about the NPTE-YRLY/NPTE-i for foreign-trained physical therapists or regarding the ban on foreign-trained PTs.
Update: NPTE Fixed-Date Testing for All PT Candidates Starts July 1, 2011
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In early July 2010, the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) announced that they are suspending all physical therapists who graduated from schools from the Philippines, Egypt, India, and Pakistan from taking the U.S. National Physical Therapy Examination or NPTE. This measure has been enforced because of "...compelling evidence gathered by the Federation reflecting systematic and methodical sharing and distribution of recalled questions by significant numbers of graduates of programs in the affected countries," according to the FSBPT website.
What has transpired since then? Click on the following links for updates about the NPTE-YRLY/NPTE-i for foreign-trained physical therapists or regarding the ban on foreign-trained PTs.
Update: NPTE Fixed-Date Testing for All PT Candidates Starts July 1, 2011
- Good News for Physical Therapists Trained in the Philippines, Egypt, India, and Pakistan! (10/1/10)
- NPTE-YRLY Different from NPTE? - 9/8/10
- FSBPT NPTE Update on Test Scores of Restricted Group - 8/25/10
- Updates on FSBPT Suspension of NPTE For Certain Foreign Trained Physical Therapists (Is There Exception to the NPTE Suspension for Graduates of PT Schools in the "Restricted Groups?") - 8/5/10
- Register for NPTE-YRLY Now? - 8/2/10
- FSBPT Says to Continue with Credentials Evaluation - 8/2/10
- NPTE Ban on Filipino Physical Therapists Update - 7/24/10
- Philippine PT Graduates Eligibility for NPTE Cancelled, FSBPT Says - 7/13/10
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