What else can you do with a physio degree?
Hi everyone my name is Masud, hope you are well.
In todays video I’m going to be speaking about what else can you do with a physio degree?
So as you can imagine, after qualifying, 99% of students become a physiotherapist and it’s pretty understandable since that’s what we’ve been training to do the last 3/4 years.
However what about that other 1%?
Or better yet what if you’ve been practicing for a few years and you fancy doing something different now…
Well you’ll be pleased to know a lot of the skills we as Physio’s develop on the degree and in our work life are all transferable.
Skills like:
Problem solving
Listening
Communication
Sensitivity and understanding
Customer service skills
Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
But what does that mean in terms of work?
Well taking all the above into the equation a few areas that you could try are:
Medical sales: an area where you can easily transition into using your knowledge of anatomy and physiology to your advantage.
Here you’ll be presenting different medical products to other healthcare professionals like surgeons, theatre staff and nurses with an aim of them buying that device for their trust.
You may even get a company car and allowance to spend on expenses for taking out your clients. Very fancy indeed!
Clinical research associate: You may decide to use your degree to conduct research in an area of physio which suits your interest like care of the elderly, respiratory , neuro or musculoskeletal health.
This may lead you to going back into further study for a PHD or masters and/or even getting involved with lecturing to other physio students at the university.
You can even get funding such as grants to support your expenses from a regulatory body or agency such as the NIS (National institute of Health).
Here is a link to the CSP website for info on how to attract funding for your research project:
https://www.csp.org.uk/professional-c...
These can go into the hundreds of thousands £££££ all to carry out the study in the area you’re interested in!
Another area is Healthcare recruitment.
This is essentially where you are headhunting other health professionals and connecting them with employers such as the NHS or other private organisations for the placement of jobs.
You’ll mainly be doing a lot of work on the phone and over email sometimes meeting with your prospective clients in person.
Salaries can vary depending on your performance whilst on the job.
So that’s all for now, I’m sure there are more options for career paths after completing a physio degree which I haven’t covered so if you or someone you know is doing something different please comment below what that is so that others can know too.
Links showing other career paths after/outside of physiotherapy:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-a...
https://physio-cpd.com/alternative-ca...
Thanks for watching!
