Physiotherapy & MBBS

[archi]

Hi, i'm a 3rd yr PT student 4m India, & i would like 2 ask all other PT students around the world , that as they r being taught PT, how much is the difference in the level of studies in MBBS & PT , in thr nation, i.e. how much MBBS is merged in2 thr PT course. u can mail me : [email protected] or [email protected]

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[talk2aby]

can you explain youself bretter so that i can share from the Nigeran standard.
hanks

[antonismn]

Archi

In Australia Physio and Med are similar in some of the basic science disciplines such as Anatomy, Physiology and pathology, and some of the basic clinical areas like Patient Assessment. There is however large differences in other areas, Physio courses emphasise biomechanics, orthopaedics, Neurological and Cardiopulmonary rehab etc where as med emphasises areas like pharmacology, surgery, internal medicine etc etc... The short answer to your question is that the courses are very different.

[shailendra]

hi! i'm a second yr student ur query is appreciable but do u agree we are still an ignored group of professionals in india..n bcos of that its always insecure if we look into the future.. do u have any ideas what is our level in front of mbbs passed people when it comes to jobs

[davidbradshaw]

As someone who is both a physiotherapist and a current medical student, I can say that the answer to the original question really depends on where you are.

The scope of physiotherapy practice varies widely around the world. eg In Australia, physios are primary contact practioners wide a high degree of professional autonomy (though in practice the extent to which this used varies, eg on ortho ward physios tend to follow the lead of the medical orthopaedic team more than they would if they were seeing their own patient in clinic). In contrast, in some parts of the world physios essentially work upon referral from, and under the direction of, medical practitioners.

Likewise, both physiotherapy education and medical education vary considerably from country to country, and indeed from university to university. As an example, there are quite large differences in learning style and content delivery between modern hybrid problem-ased learning courses, scenario-based courses and "old school" medical courses.

In my experience, physiotherapy courses go in to far more detail in certain body systems most applicable to physiotherapy (eg musculoskeletal), especially with regards to the aspects their treatment is directed towards. Courses are directed towards rapid deployment of practitioners in to more independant practice after graduation. (As and aside, physios should be experts in physiotherapy, and importantly acknowledge themselves as such! It's interesting how many physios will do something in, say, outpatient MSK clinics, just because the local GP said so, when in fact the physio knows far more about physiotherapy than the GP).

Medical courses have a different focus, with different emphases on basic sciences (eg more immunology), the various systems, and the method of practice. There is a broader and more structured post-graduation career apthway, and as such medical education has different needs to physio education.