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Physiotherapy Career

The route to becoming a physiotherapist, from CSEC, CAPE or A-level sciences and observation hours to the degree, clinical placements, licensing exams and registration, then specialising, advanced practice and private clinics.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Physiotherapy Career, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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Starter tasks

🧰 Professions & Trades

Physiotherapy Career

Becoming a physiotherapist: the degree, clinical placements, registration, specialising in sport, neuro or musculoskeletal care, and private practice.

  1. Testing whether physiotherapy suits you
  2. Subject choices for physiotherapy at CSEC, CAPE and A-level
  3. Comparing physiotherapy degree routes by country
  4. Observation hours and clinical shadowing
  5. Funding physiotherapy training
  6. Physiotherapy programme applications and interviews
  7. Anatomy and physiology head start
  8. Kit and study setup for physiotherapy school
  9. Professional conduct, consent and boundaries
  10. Weekly practical skills practice with classmates
  11. Clinical placement hours and competency log
  12. Reflective practice journal
  13. CPD portfolio for registered physiotherapists
  14. Registration, insurance and certificate renewal calendar
  15. Monthly research reading and journal club
  16. Protecting your own back and hands at work
  17. Quarterly reviews with a clinical supervisor
  18. Annual career review as a physiotherapist
  19. Same-day clinical notes and outcome measures
  20. Subjective assessment and history taking
  21. Musculoskeletal objective examination
  22. Exercise prescription and progression
  23. Manual therapy techniques under supervision
  24. Red flag screening and urgent referral
  25. Neurological rehabilitation foundations
  26. Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and on-call readiness
  27. Patient education and exercise adherence
  28. Discharge planning and multidisciplinary meetings
  29. Choosing an elective placement
  30. Choosing your first physiotherapy post
  31. Salary benchmarking and pay conversations in physiotherapy
  32. Choosing a specialty in sport, neuro, musculoskeletal or beyond
  33. Postgraduate study decision for physiotherapists
  34. Professional body membership and indemnity cover
  35. Final-year physiotherapy research project
  36. Licensing exam preparation
  37. Applying for registration as a physiotherapist
  38. Applications and interviews for a first physiotherapy job
  39. First 90 days as a newly qualified physiotherapist
  40. Leading an in-service teaching session
  41. Supporting a teenager who wants to be a physiotherapist
  42. Starting as a physiotherapy assistant or rehab aide
  43. Career change into physiotherapy as a mature student
  44. Getting a physiotherapy qualification recognised abroad
  45. Returning home to practise in the Caribbean
  46. Returning to physiotherapy after a career break
  47. Sports physiotherapy and pitchside emergency care
  48. Advanced practice and first-contact roles
  49. Supervising physiotherapy students on placement
  50. Setting up a private physiotherapy practice

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Testing whether physiotherapy suits you

Physiotherapy is often pictured as sports massage at the side of a pitch, but most physiotherapists spend their days on hospital wards, in outpatient clinics, care homes and patients' homes, helping people walk again after a stroke, clear their chests after surgery or manage years of back pain.

First tasks

  • Write down in 15 minutes what you think a physiotherapist does all day
  • Ask a hospital, clinic or family contact to put you in touch with a physiotherapist
  • Arrange one day observing in a hospital ward or outpatient department
  • Record your decision and the reasons behind it

Subject choices for physiotherapy at CSEC, CAPE and A-level

Most physiotherapy programmes want Biology and at least one other science, and many ask for good English and Mathematics because the degree is heavy on anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and written reflection.

First tasks

  • List four physiotherapy programmes you might apply to
  • Copy each programme's subject and grade requirements into one table
  • Ask your guidance counsellor whether your subject plan meets every requirement
  • Register for the advanced science subjects your strictest programme asks for

Comparing physiotherapy degree routes by country

Becoming a physiotherapist looks different depending on where you want to practise: a three or four-year bachelor's degree in the UK and much of the Caribbean, an entry-level master's in Canada, and a Doctor of Physical Therapy in the United States, usually after a first degree.

First tasks

  • Write down the countries where you would realistically want to practise
  • Find the regulator's list of approved physiotherapy programmes for each country
  • Compare length, cost and entry route of five programmes in one table
  • Email two admissions offices to ask how their graduates register at home

Make it yours.

Install Physiotherapy Career, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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