Does any1 no any decent uni's that have physio courses?

MillyW · Post by **MillyW** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:11 pm

Can anyone help me find a university that provides a physiotherapy course which i can then go on to specialise in sports physiotherapy???

Manxie · Post by **Manxie** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:43 pm

My husband is a physio and he did his degree at Queen Elizabeths in Birmingham. I don't know if any college specialises in sports physio as I believe that all training is done under the NHS so the emphasis in on all areas of hospital work under the assumption that physios will work there after graduation. Would be worth checking though as it was a while ago when he graduated. Hubby moved to private work and got lots of sports work under his belt when we lived in Hong Kong - Rugby Sevens etc - so it can be done. Good luck if you decide to go ahead.

Suz · Post by **Suz** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:16 pm

Hey, not sure about sports physio, but a couple of my friends have just graduated from Sheffield Hallam and said it was very good. Hope that helps.

Good luck

cornish tigress · Post by **cornish tigress** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:35 am

Look at Surrey. I believe they have a very good set up and have money being poured in now to make it top class Olympic doodah by 2012. And my daughter goes there, so of course it is wonderful. (But doing Law not Physio).

Oh and BJ. DONT! Just this once..

cornish tigress · Post by **cornish tigress** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:41 am

But now you are a better person!

FYI Milly, Belper Jon is a bit of a stickler when it cums 2 txt spk.

cornish tigress · Post by **cornish tigress** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:55 am

OH NOW YOU'VE SPOILT IT! (there is no "flaps off in a huff" emoticon)

Sorry to take this off topic. Isn't Loughborough supposed to be really good?

Kinoulton · Post by **Kinoulton** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:15 am

BelperJon wrote:...and people using multiple question marks. After all, just how many questions are you asking?

Good point!!!!

Anyway, my daughter is doing Occupational Therapy at York, but you can also do physiotherapy there.

http://www2.yorksj.ac.uk/default.asp?Page_ID=77

MillyW · Post by **MillyW** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:33 pm

Sorry that using more than one question mark annoys you and i only used text speak in the subject because it wouldn't all fit in if i wrote it properly!!!

Thanks for everyone that replied, i'll check out the places you've suggested and hope i find a suitable course.

cornish tigress · Post by **cornish tigress** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:16 pm

Happy searching Milly. And welcome to the forum

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DCat · Post by **DCat** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:19 pm

Hi Milly - welcome to the forum.

My tip would be have a look on the UCAS website - www.ucas.com and search by course. Get the prospectuses or have a look on the Uni websites. If there are a few that take your fancy, then go along to an Open Day - you can tell a lot about a University by how it treats you (and particularly your parents) on these days. If you have already missed Open Days, and most of them have already been and gone, then contact the Admissions Tutor in the department of the Unis that you are interested in, and ask if you can come and visit. Again, if they are really worth going to, they will bend over backwards to help (bending over backwards could be good for a physio course.....)

Another hint, once you have decided where you want to go - when you do your personal statement, give it a lot of thought. Because, contrary to popular belief, Admissions people do read personal statements!

MillyW · Post by **MillyW** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:31 pm

Thanks DCat i've looked on the website and it was very helpful

Thanks

100%rugbygirl · Post by **100%rugbygirl** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:31 pm

I'm at cardiff studying physiotherapy

It is one of the best courses for physiotherapy - along with nottingham and ulster - but the best course is a very personal thing - but reputation alone cardiff nottingham and ulster tend to be the top ones, personally the lecturers at cardiff are brilliant

cardiff does offer a masters in sports physiotherapy but all undergraduate programmes are basically very very similar in content - purely because they are all regulated by the health professions council and the chartered society of physiotherapy - the courses differ in the way they are organised and taught.

as for sports physiotherapy - dont overly emphasise the fact you want to do sport - because there is sooo much more to physio than that and most admin tutors will discard a personal statement that is too directed towards sport - mention all areas that physio will be working in - and you will need work experience

if you want any advice on anything feel free to give me a personal message and il try to help

MillyW · Post by **MillyW** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:38 am

Thanks for that advice