For Foreign PTs wishing to work in the U.S.

PTSponsor.com
New Website for Physical Therapists Wishing to Work in the United States

PTSponsor.com went live April 2007 and acts as a directory for physical therapists by offering information about immigration, physical therapy licensure, career articles, National Physical Therapy Exam Reviewers and other resources needed to obtain a U.S. physical therapy license.

The website currently offers information for the starting physical therapist: expense advisor (calculates an approximate cost a physical therapist will incur in a specific state); best states (compares states side by side according to cost of living, salary and license requirements); interactive reviews about agencies, lawyers, useful websites and states; articles pertinent to physical therapy; classified ads and a forum.

The owner of PTSponsor.com says she was frustrated when researching how to obtain a Physical Therapy License in 2001. “The Internet is full of how-to advice, but I had a hard time locating information specific to foreign physical therapists. I needed to find agencies, employers and learn about immigration and the licensure process. It took countless hours of Internet surfing to find what I needed.”

The owner began considering the need for PTSponsor.com. She says “I began networking with other foreign physical therapists and realized that they had the same problems I had. After a friend got a physical therapy job from an agency that mistreated her, I asked her what the most daunting part of the process was. She said, ‘finding my employer and completing the licensure process.’ The minute she said it, I knew I was onto something.”

The site lists information and articles specific to physical therapy and provides links directly to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (uscis.gov). There are also lists of physical therapy licensing requirements for each of the fifty states, and a variety of employers and lawyers already listed on the site making it easy for prospective physical therapists to get started.

The editors of PTSponsor.com are adding new information daily and promises more guides, website links and articles are on the way. They already boast steady site traffic and subscription request for their free newsletter. The owner says “We’re in a time when job satisfaction is low and more and more people are considering moving to another state or getting another job. It shouldn’t be that difficult to find what you need and get started. I want to help other people find information efficiently.”

PTSponsor.com provides resources and industry information for physical therapists. For more information, visit PTsponsor.com Physical Therapist Community.

Does this work for Canada as well?

Regards

No. We just focus on the U.S.