Help..MSc Physiotherapy related

I am a recent graduate from B.Sc in Kinesiology and wanting to do physiotherapy. I am looking to go to UK for M.Sc in Physiotherapy (or anything related that will give me an opportunity to comeback to Canada and practice physiotherapy).

I have three options.
1) B.Sc Physiotherapy (3years)
2) M.Sc Physiotherapy (2 years - but 90% of unis do not accept internationals for their M.Sc program.so hard one to get in)

3) M.Sc Rehabilitation Sciecne (physiotherapy-2years) - in Uni of Brighton.

I wanted to know if i would qualify as a physiotherapist in Canada or at least be eligible to write the PCE in order to practice physiotherapy if i do the option (#3).

I have tried contacting Canadian Alliance of PT but no reply as it has been well over 3weeks now. Need urgent response and help please.

Thank You,

Welcome to the world of dealing with the Alliance. Unsure about the answer. I would try Option 2

I see you are from the UK.. did you also complete your B.Sc than M.Sc in Physiotherapy? I contacted various unies and most said internationals will not qualify for M.Sc and suggested i do B.Sc and it would meet the minimum requirements to write the Canadian exam.

And can you confirm whether or not Rehabilitation Science(physiotherapy) & Physiotherapy are the same things? thank you.

To the best of my knowledge. Option 3 is of no good to you as they are usually not entry level programmes, but rather a post-grad trainings for already qualified therapists. It will not qualify you for entry as a PT, either in the UK or in Canada. If you can get a place on any of the MSc entry level programmes (option2) that would be your best bet as it saves time + you are getting a Msc degree. You can research some of the Universities in Scotland and I think there's one in Northern Ireland. Otherwise, you'l have t go for option 1.

All the best

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Originally Posted by elseohjay

To the best of my knowledge. Option 3 is of no good to you as they are usually not entry level programmes, but rather a post-grad trainings for already qualified therapists. It will not qualify you for entry as a PT, either in the UK or in Canada. If you can get a place on any of the MSc entry level programmes (option2) that would be your best bet as it saves time + you are getting a Msc degree. You can research some of the Universities in Scotland and I think there's one in Northern Ireland. Otherwise, you'l have t go for option 1.

All the best

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first, thank you for the reply..

I realized option 3 would be useless because I believed it wouldn't be enough to qualify me to write the PT exam in Canada. So thanks for clearing that up.

I applied to RBG uni in Scotland for M.Sc Physiotherapy and officially got my acceptance letter so i guess number 2 was the best option.

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Originally Posted by ap1988

first, thank you for the reply..

I realized option 3 would be useless because I believed it wouldn't be enough to qualify me to write the PT exam in Canada. So thanks for clearing that up.

I applied to RBG uni in Scotland for M.Sc Physiotherapy and officially got my acceptance letter so i guess number 2 was the best option.

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Great! Nice to see you got that sorted. Hope you enjoy Scotland.