Top Tips to Learn Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a rewarding career. Every day, you help people recover from injuries, improve their athletic performance and prolong their lives. In May, with our state-of-the-art physiotherapy students, we asked current bonds Catherine, Joseph, and Ellis. They have to share their advice with future fysiotherapie Utrecht.

1. Get organized

Before starting your degree, you will need to complete some administrative tasks. You will be working with a range of different people, including children, so you must stay up to date with your vaccinations, secure a blue card and get some checks done.

Compliance can be difficult to visit, especially if you come from abroad or another state," said Alyssa Vadillo, originally from Melbourne, Victoria. "My advice would be to go to it soon and ask questions about things like your blue card application and pathology test through the inquiry line."

Jose Tampano, who traveled from Canada to study at Bond, says students have access to many resources to guide them through the process.

2. Get ready to get hands-on:

More than half of Bond's physiotherapy programs are based on experimental clinical education. Joseph explains that this is one of the things that sets the program apart.

For Catherine Pum of Canada, 30 weeks (or 1,500 hours) of medical experience justified her learning style.

I appreciate being able to fully engage with my clinical educators and other physiotherapists for a better learning experience," she says.

It's more than any other program I could apply for in Canada."

3. Make the most of Orientation:

Your first semester begins with an orientation, Bond, physio program, and a week of activities to introduce you to your classmates. Joseph Bond didn't know anyone before he arrived, but he says Orientation was the best way to start his degree.

"During Orientation Week, I immediately got in touch with some people and kept dealing with them," he says.

4. Keep an Open Mind:

There are many different aspects of physiotherapy, and graduates can specialize in different fields. It is one of the things that surprised Katherine.

I didn't know there were so many specialties I could recognize," she says.

I did not know the scope of their practice and the options available to me.

Being a sporty person, Joseph was always interested in muscle physiotherapy, but he was also unaware of his options.

He says being open-minded about the profession is the key to making the most of your time at university.

5. Trust the process:

Catherine admits Bond's troubled learning approach first challenged her.

Problem-based learning, also known as PBL, has been integrated into several disciplines. A small group of eight students is to collaborate on a case study with a mentor.

It may be a struggle at first, but it's the benefit of developing your mindset of how these practitioners work through case studies and management," says Catherine.