Working in Canada-PNE, Please help!

[kedarmate]

Hi, I am physio from India very confused. I am planning to start my application to Alliance. Please help me to clear my doubts- I have given my IELTS academic (7.0bands overall score). Is this exam enough as an entry requirement. Actually i am planning to work in Canada for a year or so and than take up masters. Can you please guide me regarding the exam.First of all do i need to have an job offer from Canadian Institute before takinng up Alliance exam? is the exam really difficult espically the pratical part, what sort of cases are given. What about the theory.
UR reply are greatly appreciated.

[morwenna]

Hi, I am physio from India very confused. I am planning to start my application to Alliance. Please help me to clear my doubts- I have given my IELTS academic (7.0bands overall score). Is this exam enough as an entry requirement. Actually i am planning to work in Canada for a year or so and than take up masters. Can you please guide me regarding the exam.First of all do i need to have an job offer from Canadian Institute before takinng up Alliance exam? is the exam really difficult espically the pratical part, what sort of cases are given. What about the theory.
UR reply are greatly appreciated.

Hi

Sorry, I have no knowledge of the IELTS exam as English is my first language, so it didn't arise.

The Alliance will want to have full details from your physiotherapy school where you qualified in India, to ascertain the equivalency with the Canadian training before they will allow you to sit the exam. I'm sure all the details of what they require are on the Allaince's web-site as given above. If they feel you are lacking in any areas they may refuse you or request that you take up some training to cover their perceived gaps. In my own case they perceived a gap in pharmacology, but a letter from the CSP in England sorted that out!

No you don't need to have a job offer in order to sit the exam.

The practical exam is quite an ordeal, with a high percentage of overseas candidate failing at their first attempt, especially those for whom English is a second language. The Alliance has begun to address this problem by offering a course that is supposed to assist overseas candidates in preparing for the exam.

All the details of the practical and the written exam are found on the Alliance's web-site, together with example questions and a detailed description of how the exam is set up.

The Alliance claim they really DO want people to pass the rotten thing!

Good luck!

[kedarmate]

Hi, thanx
ur information was very valuable.
More trouble for - plz tell me what are the prospects of Physiotherapist in Canada. After completion of PCE how do i search for job in Canada. What post will i get after completion of the same.
Thanks

[morwenna]

Once you have pass the PCE you will have no trouble getting a job anywhere in Canada!

Your options are to join a clinic, where you will be lucky if you get paid 40% of the fee taken, or set up on your own if you feel brave enough, or to work for a health authority. You can easily find reams of jobs just by looking at the websites for the health authorities in your chosen location.

Just decide where you want to live and check out the physiotherapy association for that province. They usually have jobs advertised.

For example, here is the Alberta Physiotherapy Associations selection:
http://www.albertaphysio.org/employment/alberta.html
and here's the Calgary Health region's list:
http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/su...nals_title.htm

It really is not hard to get a job. Your biggest hurdles will be immigration and accreditation, I suspect! Some provinces are looking for healthcare workers to sponsor. Take a look at BC (British Columbia), or Saskatchewan ..... you might get help with the whole process if they like you!

[kedarmate]

Hi, thanks.
Can u plz tell me the books that are commonly used by the students there. Moreover what sort of cases are given for the pratical exam. I am presently working in a general Hospital in OPD, Indoor and intensive care setting treating ortho, neuro and to less extend cardio ptients. No exposure to sports and womens health. I got an offer from Bond University from Australia for Masters in Sports Science(1yr duration course). Don't know about the prospects, so mostly leaving this chance. Know anything about it plz let me know.

[morwenna]

Hi, thanks.
Can u plz tell me the books that are commonly used by the students there. Moreover what sort of cases are given for the pratical exam. I am presently working in a general Hospital in OPD, Indoor and intensive care setting treating ortho, neuro and to less extend cardio ptients. No exposure to sports and womens health. I got an offer from Bond University from Australia for Masters in Sports Science(1yr duration course). Don't know about the prospects, so mostly leaving this chance. Know anything about it plz let me know.

Do I know anything about Bond University from Australia for Masters in Sports Science(1yr duration course)? .... No I don't.

As I previously stated, example questions/cases can be found on the Alliance web-site, as is a very complete and comprehensive booklist. I wasn't a student here, so I don't really know if students in Canada use any other books than those listed.

[kedarmate]

Thanx for the reply.