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How difficult is it to transfer into physio at UniMelb or Monash?
K888:
--- Quote from: thelolcat on January 17, 2018, 05:23:29 pm ---Oh I see, but in both cases you’d spend a first year doing whatever degree, and then actually start the Physio course the following year so totalling 5 years in the end?
And I’m guessing there’s no special consideration for acceptance from Monash for its own students already studying there?
Thanks!
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Yeah, it will take a total of 5 years in the end. But really, what's an extra year? At the end of year 12, it seems huge, but trust me, once you start uni you realise that it's nothing, and can potentially be really helpful, particularly if you're not 100% that it's the pathway you want to follow.
I'm honestly not sure about your second question - I really doubt it tbh, but I think that's a question best asked of Monash themselves - here's the link to their contact details. From my experience, there seems to be an equal mixture of people who have transferred from different universities, but who knows. :)
thelolcat:
--- Quote from: K888 on January 17, 2018, 06:02:48 pm ---Yeah, it will take a total of 5 years in the end. But really, what's an extra year? At the end of year 12, it seems huge, but trust me, once you start uni you realise that it's nothing, and can potentially be really helpful, particularly if you're not 100% that it's the pathway you want to follow.
I'm honestly not sure about your second question - I really doubt it tbh, but I think that's a question best asked of Monash themselves - here's the link to their contact details. From my experience, there seems to be an equal mixture of people who have transferred from different universities, but who knows. :)
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Oh ok I see, I’ll check it out with Monash :p
Hope you don’t mind me going a lil off topic but to my knowledge you’d be able to transfer from any degree, however I’ve heard of things called credits from b science, attained by doing subjects relevant to Physio? Does studying these credited subjects in the first year all up save you a year? Or is it just a minimal exemption from a few ‘topics’, though you’d still have to do the full five years?
Also, what do you think of occupational therapy? How about it in relation to Physiotherapy (pros/cons)?
Sorry if I’m asking a lot of questions, you’ve been really helpful so thank you!!
K888:
Re: credit transfer, that may occur at La Trobe (unsure), but it doesn't occur at Monash. The reason for this is at Monash you study one 24 point unit per semester (rather than four 6 point units), and as the physio units are only offered in the physio degree, it's impossible to do some of the units in a different degree and get a credit transfer.
You won't get exemptions from topics or anything but I guess it'll make it easier for you if you've studied similar content beforehand. But yeah, everyone does everything together in the Monash physio course :) I believe some people in my course already have qualifications in exercise science/physiology and they're still taking the same path as the rest of us. Plus, it's not like you know it all after you've done one unit on a particular thing, so even if you've covered similar content before, there's always more learning to be done.
Hope this made sense, please say so if it didn't :)
Will answer the OT vs physio question later, but in a nutshell, they're pretty different professions that often work together, and obviously everyone is going to have different thoughts about OT and physio. Personally I don't think I could be an OT but that's just because I was never drawn to it - personal preference.
I'd recommend checking out the Australian OT Association website (not sure of it's official name) and the APA (Australian Physiotherapy Association) website to check out more about both professions.
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