PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Beth Roberts — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:45:50 GMT

Hey yes I work full time and the course is one weekend a month (roughly) with 20+ hours of self study a week on top...I have no life to speak of right now but it will be worth it let me know if I can help you with anything else x

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Sal RVN — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:18:35 GMT

Yes thanks very much! Thats really interesting, so are you working and doing the course part time at the same time??

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Beth Roberts — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:01:37 GMT

Hi Sally,

It is a myth that you have to be a human physio first in order to become a vet physio, in fact like the title 'veterinary nurse', 'veterinary physiotherapist' is not a protected title and anyone can use it!

As for the qualification, the postgraduate diploma (PgD...obtained after 2 years) and Masters (MSc...obtained by doing a research project in the 3rd year of course) both lead to probationay acceptance onto the NAVP register, after a year on probabtion, subject to all being ok, you are entered onto the full list. See www.navp.co.uk or harper website for more details, but basically NAVP and ACPAT are the only 2 organisations that are recognised by the major insurance companies such as petplan as being suitable to claim against insurance.

Hope this waffle helps

Beth

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Sal RVN — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:38:48 GMT

Hi!

I have only just heard about this course. I am currently in my 3rd year of my veterinary nursing degree at harper adams. What is the qualification at the end of the course then? Is it an actualy veterinary physiotherapist as i thought you had to hold a degree in human physio before you could go into veterinary??

Sally

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Beth Roberts — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:24:06 GMT

Hi Kay,

What MSc are you looking for? those in vet physiotherapy are only available at Harper and the RVC, in other things I did have a look at various others so may be able to help but your best bet is to search through UCAS or just google using UK search.

Beth

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Kay Eminson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:08:49 GMT

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Hey

I am doing the MSc at Harper, feel free to PM me or ask questions on here

Beth

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Just a quick question when you were looking into doing a MSc did you find any other course except from the two at Harper....I've almost finished by VN degree and was thinking about doing Msc at some point but couldnt find anything other than in Edinburgh

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Beth Roberts — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:31:15 GMT

Hey

I am doing the MSc at Harper, feel free to PM me or ask questions on here

Beth

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:42:56 GMT

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I'd be interested to know too, still only an SVN at the moment, but this is something I'm considering in the back of my mind for the future...

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Steph are you doing NVQ or degree route???

Just looked at your profile and answered my question

Re: PgD in Physiothraphy at Harper Adams

StephSVN — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:40:54 GMT

I'd be interested to know too, still only an SVN at the moment, but this is something I'm considering in the back of my mind for the future...