PT vs. ATC. Is There a Difference?
OK, so today I have a question sparked by a discussion that my roommate, who is currently a third year athletic training student, and I had the other night. Basically, she is battling over whether she wants to go to graduate school (DPT, masters in AT, etc), and I told her that these days you almost have to.
Then she proceeded to discuss how she felt as though there wasn't a big difference in what PTs and ATCs did. Now I'll admit (and I think I mentioned this before) I used to feel the same way until I started taking more and more PT classes. But I realized that as an ATS, I absolutely would not have felt comfortable treating patients with complex medical diseases or anything else outside of sports-related injuries (including non-sport related orthopedic problems) after graduation.
I am curious, are there any PT/ATCs who feel differently?