in Canada, when you graduate, you are considered a fully qualified physio. You will of course work in entry positions in hospitals, as anywhere else, but we have no manditory junior programs, etc. If you want to go into private practice, I would strongly recommend you get at least 2 years of experience in a variety of areas, orhto, neuro, sports, paeds, and some post grad manual therapy courses. In private practise, you are on your own, we are primary care givers, which means we treat patients without Dr's referrals, so all you have to go on is the history the patient tells you and your knowledge and experience. Again, it varies from province to province, but this is the case in British Columbia, and most other provinces. In B>C>, in the area east of Vancouver, what we call the "Lower Mainland", are currently 25 physio jobs posted with the Health Region, those are basically government jobs, ranging from hospital jobs to home care. So you can see, we need physios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you are interested check the web site for "Fraser Health Region", under "careers" you'll find the postings.
Good luck!!!!!!!!
neving