A 4th Year physiotherapy graduate placement experience story

We are thrilled to be able to share our knowledge to physiotherapy students. We have undertaken to have 8 students from Charles Sturt University this year and numerous high school students for work experience. Here is the experience from Jayde who recently completed her placement.

Active Physiotherapy was my first 4th-year placement for 2021.

On my first day, I was nervous to start a new placement without another student present. I was met with friendly support staff when I arrived, who introduced me to Mandy, Paul and Dave. Again, I was met with a friendly welcome.

Mandy and I went through the induction and the tour of the clinic and then hit the ground running and observed my first patients with Joe. Every single health professional at this clinic has a passion for teaching and their profession. Active Physio cares about their clients achieving their goals.

The professionalism and friendly staff enabled me to feel like an equal, but also, grow and develop my clinical reasoning, manual handling, and exercise prescription skills. From my first week of placement until the last I saw growth in all facets of my physiotherapy skills, as well as personal growth. Active Physiotherapy is passionate about teaching and providing support and opportunity to shape new students as well as their clinicians and support staff.

One of my favourite parts of this placement was observing a TKR & meniscus repair! – An invaluable experience that I may not have gotten to experience without this placement!

So, thank you to Active Physiotherapy for providing the opportunity to complete my placement at your clinic!