Posted by alexandra_k on June 5, 2013, at 6:51:29
In reply to Re: PT, posted by alexandra_k on June 5, 2013, at 5:43:32
i can't actually tell just yet if it is that physiotherapy as a field turns out to be a bunch of sh*t (no offense to anyone if that is your field) or if it is more that physiotherapy at the particular institution i'm at is a bunch of sh*t... insofar as they are making it all social science-y and not science-y. hey, here is an idea...
lets cast our net really widely indeed as to who can benefit from physiotherapy. because physiotherapists are licensed to touch patients (if anyone is, apparently, they tell me). and so physiotherapists are massage therapists, basically (and here i was thinking that massage therapy was another profession entirely - one that i explicitly did not intend to sign up for). so since anyone can benefit from massage, anyone can benefit from physiotherapy!
and so... it isn't really a 'sickness' or 'disease' issue. and so... in NZ you don't need a doctors referral to go to see a physio - you can go directly there. but acc doesn't fund it the way it used to (neither does health insurance) because... it is more like getting a hair cut or getting your nails done or getting a personal training session with someone who holds your hand and talks to you about oprah while you walk on the treadmill or get a massage...
so...
thats fine... if that is what they want to do with physiotherapy... but that is not what i meant to sign up for and they can keep that.
IT IS DIFFERENT IN THE US.
seems most directly comperable to the psychology doctor program. which involves a higher standard of knowledge... but still... not really academic. it isn't really an academic field. oh. and, uh, sports science is sorta kinda a little like that too, i'm learning... so... hmm...
not sure what is for me to do...
pharmacy, probably. would be nice to be paid well, for a change. possibly. perhaps.
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