aSubstituted “equivalent fulltime years” into “academic years.” bSubstituted “act as first contact/autonomous practitioners” into “autonomy and independence.” cThe United States has an educational program of professional graduate school (3–4 years of university plus 3 years of professional graduate school, totalizing 6–7 years), which provides the title of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DP) and the autonomy and independence to work at own clinics; it also has an educational program of college (2 years, 5 semesters) for the title of Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA), which does not provide the professional with the autonomy and independence to deliver physical therapy services in own clinic.