UK Physio taking NPTE ??

[jbl674]

hi James and Deepti,

I am a UK educated Physiotherapist also about to enter into the confusing world of applying to work in New York!! I've been reading through your posts and it looks like I'll be going through what you are very soon.

As you are the only people I've seen so far that have undergone this process i'd be very grateful if you could answer a couple of questions. First, which process have you opted to under go?from what i can gather it is either the type 1 or the education credential review that we need. Additionally have you paid these fees up front? Also which documents from your University have you sent and how did you go about it?it seems like the FCCPT are very particular about this process.

Any help would be greatly received, I'm sure I'll have more to follow

Many thanks

Jay

[james_physio_365]

HI Jay,

Ill try and answer the questions. originally i applied for florida state throught the fccpt. This was the type 1 service which is what foreign pts need. I feel short in general ed after paying the fee.

SO im going to apply for new york state. As far as i can see the fccpt require all the same documents and they then send them to the NYSED to be evaluated also. Basically you have to pay the fccpt a fee and then the NYSED also. The fccpt have a form that you need to post to your uni and ask them to send the transcript, syllabus, certificates etc direct to the fccpt. They will then send them onto the NYSED and they will tell you if you have enough credit to take the npte.

Hope this helps.

[Caroline B]

Hi James,

I too am about to start this NY credentialing process with the FCCPT. Do you know how they verify your general education credits - do they contact secondary school for GCSE/Alevel stuff?
Thanks, Caroline

[james_physio_365]

Hi caroline

as far as i can tell they dont use GCSE which isnt great but they do eval A Levels. Im pretty certain that you need to go via the FCCPT and get the schools and uni to send of the documents with the forms from the FCCPT so they can be eval and then they send them to the NYSED.

I dont think you can apply direct to the NYSED. Have a look at the FCCPT website and how to get licenced in NY.

Hope it helps. Good luck