Help people move ahead
Using movement science to improve health and wellbeing.
The Master of Physiotherapy is ideal for graduates wishing to enter the profession of physiotherapy and who possess a related undergraduate degree such as Exercise Sport Science or Human Movement.

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Physiotherapists assess, diagnose and treat people with movement problems caused by a wide variety of joint, muscle and nerve disorders. To do so, they use a range of drug-free techniques, including:

• joint mobilisation and manipulation

• therapeutic exercise and stretches

• electrophysical agents (such as hot packs, ice and interferential treatment)

• soft tissue massage

• breathing exercises and techniques
  
  

They also help people avoid injuries and maintain a fit, healthy body.

Clinical & professional fieldwork
A number of clinical and professional fieldwork opportunities are scheduled as part of your course. This will give you the hands on experience with real clients in a supervised environment to allow you to combine the academic sections of your course with the practical abilities required of the physiotherapy profession. Some of the clinical and professional fieldwork sites that students have attended previously include:

• 3 Combat Support Hospital, RAAF Base, Richmond
• Alice Betteridge School, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
• Byron District Hospital
• Hunter Brain Injury Service
• Multiple Sclerosis Society, NSW/VIC
• Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
• Rehab on the Move
• Sutherland Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic

There are a number of essential requirements that students need to prepare for before attending any site for clinical and professional fieldwork. Further information on these and more is available at our Clinical & Professional Fieldwork website.

Commonwealth Supported Places
The Faculty has a number of Commonwealth Supported Places available for this program. These places offer a considerable reduction in fees and are awarded to applicants who rank highest in their Grade Point Average. You will be notified with your offer if you qualify for a Commonwealth Supported Place.

Course completion requirements

96 credit points: students are to complete all core, elective and general elective units of study shown in the Table of units of study for the award as set out in the Faculty of Health Sciences handbook.

On campus attendance pattern

Full time

End qualification

Master of Physiotherapy

Professional recognition

The Master of Physiotherapy is fully accredited by the Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC) and recognised by the New South Wales Physiotherapists Registration Board. Through a process of mutual recognition it is also accepted in other Australian states and territories, and in New Zealand. Graduates applying for licences in other countries have to meet the registration requirements applicable in those countries.

Course structure

Course level

Master by Coursework (Undifferentiated)

Handbook website link

http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/handbooks_admin/health_science.shtml