Heya, I'm just about to go into my 3rd year at QMU therefore placement year wahoo!!!

One of the reasons I chose QMU was because we didn't go out untill 3rd year and then got to spend the whole year on placement. I had heard that other unis sometimes sent students on placements where they hadn't even covered that topic yet!

But well after 2 years of pure theory and getting a little disgruntled at the lack of placement due to the stress of all the theory (QMU are fantastic for research and giving you good foundations to the profession in the first 2 years) I have decided i'm glad that I have a whole year away from uni to work as a physio. The skills i'm going to learn and lessons I see on placement are going to be invaluable and its really going to give an idea of what it is like to work as a physio.

Ive worked as a HCA in my holidays to keep me sane and give me that upper hand of actually knowing what to expect from the hospital when I go to placement so really that has kept me happy.

QMU is great but you have just got to decied what is your best style of learning in order to choose which uni is best for you with the course that each offer.