1 Several key accrediting agencies concerned with information literacy are: The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), the Western Association of Schools and College (WASC), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Problem solving, the critical skill demanded of physical therapist assistants, requires all of these. intellectual abilities. In addition, the candidate should be able to comprehend three-. dimensional relationships and to understand the spatial relationships of structures.
The ASU Physical Therapist Assistant Program affirms that all students enrolled in a. physical therapist assistant program must possess those intellectual, ethical, physical, and. emotional capabilities required to undertake the full curriculum and to achieve the levels of. competence required by the faculty for safe professional practice. A student desiring to become a physical therapist assistant (candidate) must have the. abilities and skills necessary for use of the physical therapy process. These skills and abilities. include observation, communication, motor ability, conceptualization, integration and.