Hi,
thanks for the info.

My training lies back a couple of hundered years ago ... ... and I am not 100% sure how it is structured theses days, but what I was greatly underprepared for was:
1) Community; my days it was an optional placement, which I did not take as I favoured Paediatrics, but I think this should be compulsory these days. The requirement, e.g. for mobility (i.e. a 10 meter walk test or a walk around the hospital ward doesn't cut it), is far greater than I had ever expected and I don't even want to think about the number of patients that I have signed off from hospital "ready for discharge" without knowing what exactly I discharge them to.

2) Communication. I believe that of all the skills that are addressed in Physio training, the skills of communication and education are far undervalued.

3) Team: While this is not greatly addressed in training (at least not in my days), you learn about it on your placements - you have to. And I think that it is part of the clinical education process to learn about roles and specifics of other professions. To include a little in training might be nice, but it doesn't mean anything unless you have real scenarios to apply it to. Interdisciplinary work is taking more and more over, esp. in rehab, and that is how it should be. Some unis offer shared lectures (e.g. OT/ PT) - I think that is a great idea. SLT, Nursing, Medical, Psychology, SW, could also all be somehow linked.

I don't want to talk about funding. Too much, too hard, too difficult to ever get right.

Hope this helps a little,
good luck,
Fyzzio