hey guys, im new to this forum.
i was just wondering if anybody knew the courses most closely related to physiotherapy? i finished yr 11 this year, got a 41 for business management, and im not sure if im going to be able to achieve the 96+ needed to get into physio. so im just wondering what courses are similar to physiotherapy, and which courses allow transfers into physiotherapy from them and at what universities.
thanks
hey,
Depending on the university which you are interested in studying physiotherapy at, there are a range of options. There are three universities in Melbourne that offer Physiotherapy - the University of Melbourne, LaTrobe University (Bundoora & Bendigo Campuses) and Monash Univeristy (Peninsula Campus). I'm only familiar with LaTrobe Univeristy and Melbourne so i'll let you know about them.
At Melbourne University they are offering the BPhysio in 2009 and then after 2009, it will be a graduate entry degree (i.e. you'll have had to have completed a degree prior to studying physiotherapy). You probably know about the new Melbourne Model. It is best to do either a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Biomedicine. If completing a Bachelor of Science, you have to select the correct major, or elective subjects 2X anatomy and 1X physiology. If completing the Bachelor of Biomedicine, you need not worry about selecting the right subjects as they are part of the core studies anyway. (btw, according to the teachers at Melbourne Uni, neither degree is preferred over the other AS LONG AS you select the right subjects in the Bachelor of Science degree.) I'm not entirely sure, but you may also have to complete some test is entering into the graduate entry Physiotherapy course - but don't quote me on that one, i'm not sure!
Saying that, do complete the UMAT regardless of whether you think you aren't going to get the required 96+ to study physio at Melbourne. A friend of mine didn't complete the UMAT because she believed she wasn't going to get anything above 85. She ended up getting 96.7.
I'm not as familiar with the Latrobe Uni course and future health science structure. However, I believe that they may be introducing a general Health Sciences degree with a broad array of subjects in the first year and then you have the opportunity to major in Physiotherapy in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years, but again, I'm not entirely sure. Also, you don't have the complete the UMAT for Latrobe University.
Good Luck with your studies in 2008, and if you want way more information (and a hell of a lot more accurate too) attend their Open Days, check their websites and maybe give them a call to!
hope that helped!!