Bill: Well, aside from a pulse, what do you need to be a physio, Steve?
Steve: In Australia, you can have a Bachelor of Physiotherapy. There’s post-grad qualification. Some universities have a Bachelor of Science and a Major in Physiotherapy.
Bill: So you mean, that’s an undergraduate qualification.
Steve: Undergraduate. Sorry. Post-graduate or tertiary.
Bill: So it’s a tertiary degree. He gets a little confused does Steve.
Steve: Postgraduate qualification if you’ve done a course. Just a general science course. You could do a postgraduate qualification as a master of physiotherapy. But I think most importantly, no matter what qualification people have actually qualified in, you need to be registered. In Australia.
Bill: With the National Board which is the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
Steve: That’s right.
Bill: Otherwise, known as AHPRA. It’s a mouthful.
Steve: That’s right.
Bill: So you can actually Google a practitioner and see whether they are registered. So, that’s your general qualification. Then this physios — I know myself, I’ve got a postgraduate masters, so I’ve got a masters after I’ve completed my undergraduate degree. But then there’s also PhD physios who become academics.
Steve: A Doctrine
Bill: Or can still be practicing
Steve: Well, specialist physiotherapists as well.
Bill: So, there’s quite a lot of ways to become a physiotherapist.
