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Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Help people lead healthy and functional lives as a practicing physiotherapist. This course will give you the qualifications and skills you need to become a practicing physiotherapist in Australia. Developed in collaboration with health professionals, industry leaders and professional bodies, this course will equip you with the future facing capabilities required to adapt and respond to rapidly occurring changes in health, and the health system.
Through problem-based and practical learning experiences, you will be introduced to a range of health care settings that have widespread community health impact. You will participate in community-based projects and authentic experiential learning activities that develop and apply lean system thinking skills, preparing you to respond to complex health care problems. These will build your capacity for work readiness, ensuring client-centred, quality and safe health care across diverse service delivery settings experienced in regional, rural and metropolitan landscapes.
The Master of Physiotherapy has it’s ‘home base’ in Launceston but, where possible, it is place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania. Throughout the four stages of the course, you will engage in online and independent learning, including weekly, one day, face-to-face workshops with staff in Launceston or Hobart. You also need to be available to attend two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and engage in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course as part of the units. These include supervised professional experience placements (PEP) across the program.
Block placements will occur across Tasmania, and travel to participate in these activities may be required over the duration of the course. Please note this means you are unable to undertake the course from interstate. You will also be expected to complete formal manual handling training and first aid certification prior to commencing their PEP placements.
Graduates of the Master of Physiotherapy complete the degree equipped with the theoretical and practical skills required by for their future career as a registered Physiotherapist.
Through problem-based and practical learning experiences, you will be introduced to a range of health care settings that have widespread community health impact. You will participate in community-based projects and authentic experiential learning activities that develop and apply lean system thinking skills, preparing you to respond to complex health care problems. These will build your capacity for work readiness, ensuring client-centred, quality and safe health care across diverse service delivery settings experienced in regional, rural and metropolitan landscapes.
The Master of Physiotherapy has it’s ‘home base’ in Launceston but, where possible, it is place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania. Throughout the four stages of the course, you will engage in online and independent learning, including weekly, one day, face-to-face workshops with staff in Launceston or Hobart. You also need to be available to attend two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and engage in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course as part of the units. These include supervised professional experience placements (PEP) across the program.
Block placements will occur across Tasmania, and travel to participate in these activities may be required over the duration of the course. Please note this means you are unable to undertake the course from interstate. You will also be expected to complete formal manual handling training and first aid certification prior to commencing their PEP placements.
Graduates of the Master of Physiotherapy complete the degree equipped with the theoretical and practical skills required by for their future career as a registered Physiotherapist.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Help people lead healthy and functional lives as a practicing physiotherapist. This course will give you the qualifications and skills you need to become a practicing physiotherapist in Australia. Developed in collaboration with health professionals, industry leaders and professional bodies, this course will equip you with the future facing capabilities required to adapt and respond to rapidly occurring changes in health, and the health system.
Through problem-based and practical learning experiences, you will be introduced to a range of health care settings that have widespread community health impact. You will participate in community-based projects and authentic experiential learning activities that develop and apply lean system thinking skills, preparing you to respond to complex health care problems. These will build your capacity for work readiness, ensuring client-centred, quality and safe health care across diverse service delivery settings experienced in regional, rural and metropolitan landscapes.
The Master of Physiotherapy has it’s ‘home base’ in Launceston but, where possible, it is place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania. Throughout the four stages of the course, you will engage in online and independent learning, including weekly, one day, face-to-face workshops with staff in Launceston or Hobart. You also need to be available to attend two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and engage in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course as part of the units. These include supervised professional experience placements (PEP) across the program.
Block placements will occur across Tasmania, and travel to participate in these activities may be required over the duration of the course. Please note this means you are unable to undertake the course from interstate. You will also be expected to complete formal manual handling training and first aid certification prior to commencing their PEP placements.
Graduates of the Master of Physiotherapy complete the degree equipped with the theoretical and practical skills required by for their future career as a registered Physiotherapist.
Through problem-based and practical learning experiences, you will be introduced to a range of health care settings that have widespread community health impact. You will participate in community-based projects and authentic experiential learning activities that develop and apply lean system thinking skills, preparing you to respond to complex health care problems. These will build your capacity for work readiness, ensuring client-centred, quality and safe health care across diverse service delivery settings experienced in regional, rural and metropolitan landscapes.
The Master of Physiotherapy has it’s ‘home base’ in Launceston but, where possible, it is place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania. Throughout the four stages of the course, you will engage in online and independent learning, including weekly, one day, face-to-face workshops with staff in Launceston or Hobart. You also need to be available to attend two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and engage in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course as part of the units. These include supervised professional experience placements (PEP) across the program.
Block placements will occur across Tasmania, and travel to participate in these activities may be required over the duration of the course. Please note this means you are unable to undertake the course from interstate. You will also be expected to complete formal manual handling training and first aid certification prior to commencing their PEP placements.
Graduates of the Master of Physiotherapy complete the degree equipped with the theoretical and practical skills required by for their future career as a registered Physiotherapist.
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