I'd like some advice please. I'm just starting the process but have been qualified for 13 years.

I managed to get a portfolio from a physio who was 7 years qualified (he got his NZ registration from it) and for competency 1 he listed items from his university course booklet (proving he had done enough anatomy, physiology, child development etc) by just listing the page from the prospectus (e.g) child development page 31, year 2 term 1.

Am I allowed to do the same (qualified 1995 from the UK) or will this not be accepted because it's over 10 years old?

Surely the NZ board will have some descrepancies for those of us that are more experienced (i.e. - you think they'd want a good number of experienced physios over there to help with the more junior ones. Otherwise isn't NZ full of foreign physios that are recently qualified - just cause it's easier to complete the portfolio.

Please advise and has anyone contacted the NZ reg board directly about this?

thanks
Chris

P.S I was on a chest course at the weekend and a 1 year grad I met had gone and returned from NZ after getting her registration. She said there were 3 of them that qualified together so they split the portfolio in 3 saving time and all went over. None had done a rotation on ITU or neuro!! - used their student placements.