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To earn your respective CEU:
If you would like to earn CEUs for your home study course purchased, you must take an online examination for the respective home study course purchased or take a comprehensive 125 multiple-choice question examination, that covers all five home study courses.
Please follow the steps below which clarifies accordingly.
PTCS has created six examinations, which includes one comprehensive examination(tests all five-course material) and five separate examinations for each of our home study courses. Each examination tests your comprehension of the material covered for the respective course or on all five courses respectively. No outside material is included in the examinations accordingly.
Each home study course requires the student to take a 30 multiple-choice examination, that lasts 60 minutes. Which tests the readers' comprehension of the material studied for the respective home study course. A score of 75% or better is required to pass. PTCS will immediately send via email your CEU certificate for your records.
For those who want to become certified as an advanced training specialist(ATS), you must complete all five units and take a 125 multiple-choice comprehensive examination in a three-hour window, and earn a score of 75% or better.
More EXAMINATION Information:
Steps to taking an online examination for one respective course or for taking the comprehensive five home study course examination:
1. Please contact PTCS via email at ptcg1999@verizon.net, when you are interested in taking the respective examination that pertains to the course that you purchased.
2. PTCS will invite you (via an email) to appear in the test for which the course you have purchased.
3. You will need to follow the instruction and click on to the“Click here” link / “Test link”.
4. You will need to fill & submit all the required fields of registration form. Fields are like; First Name, Last Name, Username, Password, Country & Timezone.
Note: Please make a note of the username and password. You will need this information to login and take the examination.
5. System will take you to the Dashboard of PTCS online examination.
6. You will find the purchased course test in your dashboard. Which has been assigned by PTCS (via inviting you through an email).
7. You will need to start your assigned test by clicking on to the “Take test now” link.
8. “Take test now” link will take you to the page which provide you test information and disclaimers.
9. You will need to click “Start Now” button to start your test.
10.Your test will get started, you can view questions and possible answers on test window along with the Next, Previous & Finish button.
11.Finish button will activate on the last question of your tests, you will need to mark answers for all the questions to finish your test.
12. After finishing the test, you can view your score in“My report” section.
13.Once you have completed the examination, PTCS will automatically receive your exam results.
14.Once PTCS receives your score, we will email you with your results and/or CEU certificate within 24-72 hrs respectively.
If you fail your assigned test:
1.You can contact PTCS via email at ptcg1999@verizon.net, PTCS will charge you for allowing a re-test of the failed attempted test.
2.PTCS will invite you (via an email) to appear in the re-test of failed attempted test which you have purchased.
3.You will need to follow the instruction and click on to the “Click here” link / “Test link”.
4.You will need to enter your “Username” and “Password” for login to your account.
5. System will take you to the Dashboard of PTCS online examination.
6.You will find the purchased re-take of unit test in your dashboard. Which has been assigned by PTCS (via inviting you through an email).
7.You will need to start your assigned test by clicking on to the “Take test now” link.
8.“Take test now” link will take you to the page which provide you test information and disclaimers.
9.You will need to click “Start Now” button to start your test.
10.Your test will get started, you can view questions and possible answers on test window along with the Next, Previous & Finish button.
11.Finish button will activate on the last question of your tests, you will need to mark answers for all the questions to finish your test.
12.After finishing the test, you can view your score in “My report” section.
13.Once you have completed the examination, PTCS will automatically receive your exam results
If you are going to retest, you must do the following:
1. Email PTCS that you are interested in retesting after receiving feedback.
Examination Information, to earn your respective CEU:
If you would like to earn CEUs for your home study course purchased, you must take an online examination for the respective home study course purchased or take a comprehensive 125 multiple-choice question examination, that covers all five home study courses.
Please follow the steps below which clarifies accordingly.
The cost for taking a unit examination retake is $50.00, whereas retaking the comprehensive five unit examination cost is also $50.00 respectively.
Based on your findings, the PTCS examiner, will ask you relevant questions that pertain to exercise prescription, programming and periodization training.
Case study examination:
PTCS will provide you with three case studies. Each case study is either of a past patient or someone similar. The case study will describe the client, including their past medical history, exercise history, surgeries, medication taking, and any other relevant information, including personal goals.
PTCS will ask the following:
Policies and Procedures/Common questions pertaining to the examinations:
1-Preparing for the comprehensive five home study examination to earn the ATS credential PTCS recommends that you have thoroughly read all material that pertains to the unit as well as study workbook. Each unit examination again is testing your comprehension of that material that you studied. For the five home study comprehensive examination, PTCS recommends that you study 3 months. The examination will possess a heavy emphasis on you having a solid understanding of functional anatomy, biomechanics, biomechanics of movement, periodization training and common dysfunctions of orthopedic, neuromuscular, and special population conditions, and understanding training and programming that is safe and effective based on science and research.
The cost for taking a unit examination retake is $50.00, whereas retaking the comprehensive five unit examination cost is also $50.00 respectively.