Limited Registration Australia

[Claire55555]

Hi
I am heading out to Sydney in October of this year on a working holiday visa for 1 to 2 years and am hoping to work on a limited registration. I have now specialised in MSK physio and am hoping to get a job in this area. With the change to AHPRA that happened on the 1st July it now seems that the registration i will need will be limited registration in the public's interest. In order to get this I will need to get an offer of employment from an employer willing to provide supervision and write to AHPRA saying this. I will also need to send a form off to the Australian Physio Council with the offer of employment details as well as a lot of info about my degree course etc to prove that i cant get full registration (I graduated in 2006 from the University of Birmingham, England) at the price of $440, and this takes about 4 weeks to be processed.
I am happy to go through this process but my concern is finding an employer that will be willing to as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions or awareness of how practical this will be?
Thank you so much for any help
Claire

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[cformby]

As a new graduate you wont be eligible to apply for APC registration. You need at least 12 months working experience before you can sit the exam. I think this is likely to get longer in the near future as a lot of physio schools are moving towards 5 year doctorates so I'd get your core rotation experience sooner rather than later then apply to sit the exam.

From what I've heard about the exam it's very much geared towards the MSK side of thing but not necessarily towards new grads. The failure rate is still quite high.

[sibsob]

As a new graduate you wont be eligible to apply for APC registration. You need at least 12 months working experience before you can sit the exam. I think this is likely to get longer in the near future as a lot of physio schools are moving towards 5 year doctorates so I'd get your core rotation experience sooner rather than later then apply to sit the exam.

From what I've heard about the exam it's very much geared towards the MSK side of thing but not necessarily towards new grads. The failure rate is still quite high.

This is incorrect information. I have recently sat the exam for limited registration and I didnt have a years experience for me to apply. It actually made it a little easier to study for the exam as I was so newly graduated. The exam is very hard though and very very expensive. Get in touch if you would like any information about the exam however I havent received the results yet.

[rudy_4588]

Hi thank you for your response. How was the application process thus far? Have you got the results for the test yet? Would it be possible to contact you via email regarding the exam?

Thank you.