That is a fair comment but the same can be said for other professions that once they specialise and have gained experience they themselves become superb practitioners.

Personally I think that physio degree's should be four years with the final year geared towards specialisation towards a particular pathway to aid in employment as once graduated many many students are not employed. Thats another bonus of sports rehabilitation in that gradautes are able to go into other areas whether it be clinical practice, teaching, research, personal training, military remedial instructors whilst also working in "physiotherapy" roles/departments straight from graduation.

What we should be doing is looking at how the two professions can compliment each other. Comparisons are futile, like doing the same with osteopaths and chiropractors, for the general public this may help but it takes away from each profession as each is different.

On the medical knowledge to be honest it doesn't make a difference unless you need to know for pitch side trauma (taught by Dr Andy Smith at Salford) but otherwise as long we know red flags and apreciate that this is outside of musculoskeletal perview then we refer on otherwise we're not soft tissue based practitioners and working outside the remit to which we are trained.

My colleague is a physio and he is amazing with knees truly stupendous but does that make physio great or just him as a practitioner!?!?!?!? Anarchy!! lol

What I'm saying is there's no point comparing, the grounding of this degree is solid with a masters pathway coming soon enough and will soon be recognised alongside other HPC professions.

Keep shouting the name!!!!!!!! BASRaT BASRaT BASRaT BASRaT!!