re: Long distance course

[alophysio]

To the initial post, physiotherapy by distance education can cover the theoretical aspects but i do not believe that you can ever replace hands on experience under guidance from a tutor.

That is why you can do courses like a MBA, law, history etc etc by correspondence but hands on professions like medicine, physio, massage etc involve hands on work under supervision.

Which would you rather to build your home... a builder who has a masters in construction but never actually built a house or a builder who doesn't have anything other than the fact that he has built houses with his father for 20 years (no doubt since he was 12 years old). I know what i would rather!

If i were you, i would choose the course that had the best supervision, the best hands-on practicals and yet allowed you to do the theory off campus - that way you only have to travel for those blocks of practicals etc.

i do not know of any undergrad courses like that but for those of you who are physios already, the University of Western Australia has a Masters in Manual Therapy that allows you to do just that - the clinical is a 12 week very intensive programme on campus.

Thanks!

[jonhults]

Like I said before, if you are disciplined, the online course is the way to go!
Good Luck!!!

[ronnie.la]

I was taking this option in to consideration and I heard from some friend that they did pretty with distance learning. People like me who are busy with their jobs and haven’t much time, distance learning help them a lot. Many online universities and colleges now offering online courses and you can find out your required program by adding zip code or course title simply.