Colby Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program

Pediatric lab is always a fun time of the year for the CCC PTA students! We had six kiddos join us this year to allow our students to check developmental milestones and learn about primitive reflexes. Really, it just feels like a one hour play session and we are so grateful to everyone who volunteered to join us in lab this year!

Thank you to all of our volunteers and our host, the Senior Progress Center of Thomas County for another year of successful balance screens to celebrate Physical Therapy Month!
Our CCC PTA students got invaluable hands-on experience and our community is a little more educated on how to reduce fall risk!

Join our student physical therapist assistants at the Colby Senior Progress Center of Thomas County for FREE balance and vitals screens! Our students will help you identify if you are at risk for falling and provide you free resources to help reduce your fall risk at home.
Even if you don't feel like you have a balance issue, we would love to see you at the event to help our students practice their skills with real community members like you!
No registration required, but if you have any questions feel free to call us at (785)460-4797.

Please wish our CCC PTA students good luck on taking and passing their National Board Exam this week.
In case you were not aware, even if our students graduate from the CCC PTA program, they still have to pass a 5 hour national exam to become certified, practicing physical therapist assistants. They have all been studying hard since graduation in order to pass this critical last step of their education!

A big thank you to our friends at Parkinson's Families of NW KS for inviting the CCC PTA class to the annual fall conference. Our students sat amongst the greater northwest Kansas community on Saturday, listening to a motivational speaker, neurologist and movement disorder specialist, and a panel of speakers on both Parkinson's Disease and essential tremors. We were honored to host the conference here on the Colby Community College campus this year!

Functional mobility week wrapped up with learning how to transfer patients from various surfaces, using various methods. Our students learned to use slide boards, pivot discs, and good old physics to make transferring patients of all mobility levels with ease and comfort.

This week's lesson: Human beings are asymmetrical and almost no one has perfect posture. After a rigorous round of testing, the CCC PTA students enjoy learning to assess each other's posture and instruct on good body mechanics.