French Accreditation?

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone may be able to help me out. I am a dual citizen, Australian/French, currently studying at Curtin University Western Australia in the Undergraduate Physiotherapy Course. I was wondering what is the best way to get my degree accredited in France once I have completed, and what the likelihood of my course being accepted is? I was born, and grew up in Australia but have traveled many times to France, and speak often and am thus relatively fluent French and can hold conversations and perform treatments in French effectively, however my grammar is quite bad as I have never learnt French grammatically. Will an ability to speak fluent french be enough to be accepted into the system?

Thanks for your time and help, much appreciated.
Garrett:)

Hi Garrett,

Have a look at
Syndicats départementaux de Masseurs-Kinésithérapeutes regroupés au sein de la FFMKR - Accueil FFMKR

and especially the Welcome to the European Region of the World Confederation of Physiotherapy (education).

The Bologne agreement states that of 2010 all European PT education will be 4 years length. In many European countries it was only a three year course uptill then. I do not know if this was the case in France though.

In general, and compaired to many others, the Australian Education is of a high standard and because you speak the lingo you shouldn´t have too much trouble.
Do be prepared to have to wait before your recieve your accreditation. For both Germany and Spain, I had to wait around six months, and on this very forum a countryman of yours told us that for Hollland it takes around 6 months as well.

bon voyage!

Esther