Why don’t you teach them this at university? The realities of teaching and learning in an entry-to-practice course. With Pat Vallance

Physio Foundations

In this episode Pat Vallance and I try to answer the perennial question asked of physiotherapy educators; why don’t you teach them this at university?

In this episode:

• 3:30 What is realistic to cover in an entry-to-practice course?
• 5:25 What are we trying to achieve in an entry-to-practice course?
• 6:05 The aim isn't to specialise - you have 3-4 years to become safe, effective and professional over a wide range of competencies
• 7:12 The huge challenge of transforming a novice learner into an autonomous professional
• 8:15 Why don’t we do two years of full time strength and conditioning in entry-to-practice physiotherapy courses?
• 11:45 The wide range of competencies and skills that are covered in a physiotherapy course. If you add something in you need to take something out
• 12:30 Competing demands for student’s time and energy – the trade off between surviving and learning
• 14:00 Having a life outside of study. The importance of having balance, avoiding distractions and burnout
• 15:35 Why don’t you guys teach them X, or Y, at university?
• 17:30 When the responsibility for teaching and learning falls beyond the entry-to-practice course
• 20:37 You don’t have to have a master-level of competency after finishing an undergraduate course
• 22:45 What mentorship did you seek as a graduate?
• 25:58 Do you know why physiotherapy courses are so popular?
• 30:03 The main reason to go to university is to learn how to learn
• 31:10 How does your engagement as a student in the early years of studying relate to your success in later years?
• 33:10 The skills that really matter when you are a practitioner – why your marks and grades don’t matter nearly as much as you think they do
• 38:28 Pat’s example of how he developed a weaker area of his undergraduate study into a PhD

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