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PTA Prep Courses
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TherapyEd’s one-day intensive Prep Class creates a social learning atmosphere that is individual, responsive, immediate and dynamic. Our expert instructors motivate students to prepare for the PTA exam and provide the best tools and resources to implement an efficient and successful study plan.
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October 14
2026
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Concorde Career College
PTA EXAM
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Dallas, Texas | On-Campus | |
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October 16
2026
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Concorde Career College
PTA EXAM
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San Antonio, Texas | On-Campus | |
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December 18
2026
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Connecticut State Community College
PTA EXAM
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Waterbury, Connecticut | On-Campus | |
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March 6
2027
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Edison State Community College
PTA EXAM
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Troy, Ohio | On-Campus |
📅 One-Day Format
Each one-day course helps fully prepare you for the PTA exam while also fitting in to your busy schedule.
📘 Study Guide Included
Tuition is $2650.00 and includes the Review & Study Guide — shipped when you register. Already own it? Register at the discounted $160.00 course-without-Guide price.
🔄 Pass Guarantee
If you take our course and don’t pass, you can retake it anywhere, anytime — for free.
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Course Agenda
What to expect over one day.
A structured, intensive review covering every system tested on the PTA exam — plus critical reasoning and test-taking strategy.
Schedule may vary depending on course questions. We are committed to answering all questions, which may extend the schedule.
Our Instructors
Taught by leaders in the profession.
TherapyEd instructors are Program Directors, Professors, Clinicians, and Fellows — consistently rated “Excellent” by course participants nationwide.
Angela Heaton
PT, MSEd
Angela Heaton
PT, MSEd
Angela Heaton is an Instructor for TherapyEd and the director of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at James A. Rhodes State College and the interim Dean of Health Sciences. She graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy and received a Master’s degree in Administrative Higher Education from the University of Dayton. Angela is actively involved in the didactic education of the PTA. She has been a program educator for 27 years and currently serves as a team leader for on-site program visits for the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). She also served on the PTA panel commission of CAPTE from 2009-2013. In October of 2011, Angela was selected as Ohio’s Educator of the Year by the Ohio Association of Two Year Colleges. Angela, along with her PTA faculty, received the 2016 Faculty Innovation Award from the American Association of Community Colleges for their innovative implementation of tablet technology into the PTA curriculum.
Christopher Ingstad
PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, ATC, FAAOMPT
Christopher Ingstad
PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, ATC, FAAOMPT
Dr. Ingstad is an instructor for TherapyEd and an Associate Professor in the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education with an emphasis on Athletic Training from CSU Dominguez Hills and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. He earned his manual therapy certification and is Board Certified in Orthopedics. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Dr. Ingstad has extensive clinical practice in sports orthopedics and teaching experience in entry-level, post-professional and clinical education. He continues to practice clinically in the sports and orthopedics world, mostly treating collegiate and professional athletes. Dr. Ingstad is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapist, and serves as the Treasurer for the California Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists Special Interest Group. In his free time, he loves golfing, traveling, camping, hiking and training jiu jitsu.
Cindy Brandehoff
PTA, BS
Cindy Brandehoff
PTA, BS
Professor Brandehoff is in Instructor for TherapyEd and the Academic Coordinator for Clinical Education and an instructor for the PTA Program at Rhodes State College in Lima Ohio, her alma mater. She received her bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Northwestern Ohio and serves as a site reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). She has over 18 years of experience in a wide variety of practice settings as a clinician, educator and director of healthcare marketing.
Daryn Young
PTA, MS
Daryn Young
PTA, MS
Daryn Young is an Instructor for TherapyEd and an Instructor for the PTA program at Kansas City Kansas Community College. He received his PTA training from Kansas City Kansas Community College, his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Kansas State University, his master’s degree in Human Health and Occupational Wellness from Pittsburg State University and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate of Adult Education and Leadership program at Kansas State University. Daryn worked as a PTA in a private outpatient setting, focusing on orthopedic and sport rehabilitation. He is an active member of the KPTA.
Jane S Baldwin
PT, DPT
Jane S Baldwin
PT, DPT
Dr. Baldwin is an Instructor for TherapyEd and has been teaching courses for over sixteen years. She received her physical therapy education at Northeastern University and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Simmons College. Jane is also a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurological Physical Therapy. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA and practices at Spaulding Rehab Outpatient Center in their Pediatrics and Neurology/Integrated Rehabilitation Programs. She is actively involved in the American Physical Therapy Association both nationally and locally. She has served as Chief Delegate, Delegate, Vice President and Secretary. She has also served on several national and chapter task forces.
Patrick K. McGinty
PT, DPT
Patrick K. McGinty
PT, DPT
Patrick K. McGinty, PT, DPT is an instructor for TherapyEd and the editor of TherapyEd’s PTA Examination Review and Study Guide. Dr. McGinty earned a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served on active duty in the U.S. Army for five years before attending the University of Illinois at Chicago to earn a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. He completed an orthopedic residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist. Prior to teaching at Cleveland State University, Dr. McGinty served as a physical therapist at Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy specializing in orthopedics and the development of a multidisciplinary chronic pain program emphasizing cognitive behavioral therapy and pain neuroscience education. Dr. McGinty is also an onsite reviewer for the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education accreditation board. He has presented as a featured speaker at the Ohio Physical Therapy Association annual scientific symposium and the Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Summit. In addition, he speaks at community outreach events concerning public health and chronic low back pain. Dr. McGinty’s professional interests include pain neuroscience education, orthopedics, chronic pain, wellness promotion, and decreasing the over-medicalization of society.
Steven G. Lesh
PT, PhD, AT Ret.
Steven G. Lesh
PT, PhD, AT Ret.
Dr. Steven Lesh is an Instructor for TherapyEd and the founding program director of the hybrid DPT program at the University of Charleston in West Virginia. He earned his Bachelors of Health Science Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Missouri, completed a Master’s Degree in Public Administration through Arkansas State University, and received his Ph.D. in Organization and Management through the Business School at Capella University. Dr. Lesh successfully completed the requirements to earn the Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist credential from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) in 1999. He has extensive clinical experience in sports medicine, neurological rehabilitation, orthopedics, acute care, long term care, and home health and also has significant experience in administration. Current research interests include the impact of new technologies on the learner, pain sciences, and anatomical sciences linking cadaveric dissection learning in health science education. Areas of expertise: Study strategies, Study schedules, Anatomy, Prosthetics/Amputee Management, Sports Physical Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion Management.
Tiffany Bohm
PT, MPT, DPT
Tiffany Bohm
PT, MPT, DPT
Dr. Bohm is an Instructor for TherapyEd and is currently the Dean and Director of PTA Education at Kansas City Kansas Community College. She received her Physical Therapy training from Rockhurst University and Simmons College and also works PRN in a variety of patient settings. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she worked as a pediatric therapist in the public school setting and provided outpatient pediatric therapy through her own company. She has presented at the KPTA conference on various topics pertinent to the PTA and at the APTA’s Combined Sections Meetings. She is an active member of the KPTA and serves as a team leader for CAPTE site visits.
About the Course
One day that focuses your entire study plan.
TherapyEd’s one-day Prep Class creates a social learning atmosphere that is individual, responsive, immediate and dynamic. Updated every year and offered both live online and on-campus, the course works for first-time and repeat test takers alike.
Your Path to Success
- Create a study plan that works for you
- Analyze practice questions to understand the reasoning behind correct answers
- Assess your strengths and weaknesses across every exam domain and category
- Demonstrate improved critical reasoning and confidence on the PTA exam
All students are welcome to register for any course unless indicated as “closed.” After the course, keep the momentum going with our free weekly Online Office Hours — a benefit of taking the TherapyEd preparation course.
What’s included
The PTA Review & Study Guide — the best-selling guide with three full online practice exams, shipped as soon as you register.
The PTA Course Manual, handed out on the first day of the course — study tips, test-taking strategies, and content review unique to the class.
- Extensive study tips and strategies
- NPTE Content Outline
- “How to Perform Your Best on Exam Day” — a chapter by sports psychologist Dr. Ed Chavez
- Pharmacology chapter
- Online exam strategies
The Course Manual is unique to the class and is not sold separately.
TherapyEd Guarantee
Take the course again — anywhere, anytime — for free.
Our goal at TherapyEd — our mission — is to help students pass their licensure exam the first time. Unfortunately, although almost everyone who takes our course passes the PTA exam the first time, sometimes life intervenes and a student does not pass. We know this is difficult, disappointing, disheartening — and expensive!
If you take our course and do not pass the PTA exam, you can take the course again, anywhere, anytime, for free. Just look at the schedule of upcoming courses, pick one out, contact us, and we will register you for the course at no charge.
With our course guarantee, our Online Office Hours, the best-selling Review & Study Guide, and rigorous practice questions, our commitment is to help students pass the exam and begin their professional careers. We hope all this will give you the confidence of our experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What to know before starting PTA exam prep.
From choosing the right exam prep program to
understanding practice tests, study tools, and the AI Learning Assistant, these answers help students begin with confidence.
The PT and OT courses are each two full days. The PTA and OTA courses are one full day.
We recommend that students register the earlier the better, preferably at least 2 weeks prior to the course date for both In Person and Online courses. This allows us to better estimate the number of Course Manuals to provide for distribution at class or to ship to your home. If necessary, you can register up to the day or two before the course, however we cannot guarantee there will be enough Course Manuals available; in this case, we will send a pdf of the manual to your email address so you can have it for the course.
Yes, because you have already bought the Review & Study Guide you can register for the course at the less expensive “Course without Guide” price. This way you do not end up buying the book twice when you take the course.
Because the FSBPT and NBCOT (the licensing and certification bodies) do not release the exams there is no way to precisely correlate the TherapyEd practice exams to the actual exams. Regardless of your score on the first practice test, the goal of these tests is to improve your score with each take. We give you the tools to learn test-taking skills and identify your areas of weakness, to best prepare you for exam day.
E-Books can be accessed through the TherapyEd website by clicking on the “E-Book” link at the top of the page, next to the shopping cart. You’ll be using the award-winning Vital Source eReader with built-in study tools including highlighting, definitions, text-to-speech, flashcards, note-sharing, and more. Your E-Book can be accessed with a computer, tablet, or phone.
We post all current courses on the website and we are always adding new courses as they are confirmed. If you cannot find an on-campus course near you, then you can take one of our live ONLINE courses. These courses appear on our course listing page. In addition, if you would like to set up an on-campus course, you can email us at info@TherapyEd.com and we can work to organize one near you.
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Student Success Stories
What PTA candidates say
“A must-take course for NPTE Prep.”
“This instructor was funny, smart, very knowledgeable, and kept my attention. This course was way better than…”
“I found it helpful to have a PTA instead of a PT teach the course. The instructor was patient, thorough and clearly…”
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