| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
| 2024-02-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Master of Physiotherapy at RMIT is a two-year graduate entry program that prepares students to become agile, resilient, and enterprising health professionals. Through a blend of online and face-to-face learning, students develop foundational knowledge, practical skills, and industry-relevant expertise in physiotherapy across the lifespan. The program emphasizes therapeutic communication, business acumen, technology integration, and healthcare knowledge to drive innovation and enhance health outcomes. Graduates are well-positioned for careers as innovative practitioners, collaborative lifelong learners, and future health leaders.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Physiotherapy is a two-year graduate entry to professional practice degree. This physiotherapy degree, based in Bundoora (Melbourne) produces agile, resilient and enterprising health professionals that are informed by evidence. Students learn therapeutic communication skills, business and enterprise acumen, skills in technology and digital health, and knowledge of healthcare across the lifespan to drive innovation for responsible practice and enhance health outcomes.
Outline:
- Year 1: Eight courses that prepare you for your block clinical placement period. The eight courses cover foundational knowledge and practical skills in physiotherapy across lifespan, research and leadership. You also commence your EmpowEEr WIL placement – a one-day-per-week industry placement over two years, delivered during the two semesters.
- Year 2: Delve deeper into aspects of physiotherapy practice that include introduction of complex clinical presentations and clinical reasoning, global healthcare model, and business and management within the context of physiotherapy practice. You attend clinical placement blocks, each of five-week duration, and continue your EmpowEEr WIL placement.
Assessment:
The assessments within the Master of Physiotherapy program are designed to give students the opportunity to demonstrate evidence-informed, industry-relevant knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning. These assessments may include hurdle requirements, quizzes, written reports, oral presentations, group projects, research projects and skill-based practical examinations.
Teaching:
This is a two-year graduate entry to professional practice full-time program that adopts the blended learning model. The teaching methods include online and face-to-face lectorials, seminars, tutorials/workshops, practicals and laboratory sessions, site visits and provision of online materials. The face-to-face aspect of the program is delivered at the Bundoora campus. Students undertake practically oriented learning through clinical placement and work-integrated learning (WIL) activities (EmpowEEr) to develop their practical capabilities and enhance employability.
Careers:
Physiotherapy is growing and evolving with increasing healthcare demand in the past decade. Influenced by advances in both technology and research evidence, physiotherapists are required to continually adapt to the ever-changing healthcare landscape. The Master of Physiotherapy at RMIT provides graduates with diverse skill sets in critical thinking, hands-on expertise, digital health and business and management, to engage in the profession as innovative practitioners, collaborative lifelong learners and future health leaders. Additionally, Master of Physiotherapy graduates are well placed to continue their education into special interest clinical fields, research within the physiotherapy profession or industry-related fields.
