During which decade were PT schools created to meet increased demand from WWII and the polio epidemic?

• A. 1920s
• B. 1930s
• C. 1940s
• D. 1980s

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is how rehabilitation education became formalized as the profession grew to meet rising needs in public health and military care. Dedicated physical therapy schools began to appear in the 1930s, providing structured curricula and credentials rather than relying on informal, apprenticeship-style training. This shift to formalized education laid the groundwork for the specialty to expand further in the following decades, especially as wartime rehabilitation demands and polio-era therapy needs increased in the 1940s and beyond. So the decade when PT schools were created to address those growing needs is the 1930s.