Health Sciences 2200A/B Lecture 18: Physiotherapist Occupation

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2200A/B
• Professor: Jeannie Samuel

Document Summary

Physiotherapists use diagnostic assessment procedures and tools to develop and implement preventive and therapeutic interventions. Most often physiotherapist focus on the musculoskeletal system. Can also focus on neurological and cardiorespiratoty system. Skills: need knowledge of human physiology and anatomy, need to be sensitive when working with vulnerable populations such as children, seniors, chronilcally ill, etc, leadership skills. Responsibilties: conduct assessment procedures to communicate a diagnosis. They conduct many re-assessments: develop rehabilitation programs that indivdually tailored, provide client centered care. Preequisite courses in: science, english, physiology, stats, and social science/liberal arts. Avrg gpa is higher than 3. 8, so very competitive: masters in physiotherapy. Mimimum of 1000 supervised clinical experince: have to pass the physiotherapy competency exam given by the canadian. Regulation: physiotherapist are a self-regulated profession. Physiotherapist have to register with their province or territory: provincial regulation in ontario by the college of physiotherapist of.