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Employment Patterns Of Notre Dame Graduate Physiotherapists 2006–12: Targeting Areas Of Workforce Need, Eleni Bacopanos, Susan Edgar
Employment Patterns Of Notre Dame Graduate Physiotherapists 2006–12: Targeting Areas Of Workforce Need, Eleni Bacopanos, Susan Edgar
Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles
Background: The Australian physiotherapy workforce is changing both in demographics and service needs. Physiotherapy curriculum and clinical education focus is ideally based on up-to-date knowledge of this changing workforce.
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the employment patterns of Physiotherapy graduates from The University of Notre Dame Australia (Notre Dame).
Method: An online survey was conducted of Notre Dame Physiotherapy graduates (2006-2012) with a 50% response rate (n=157).
Results: Survey results established the employment location, employment status, healthcare sector, area of practice, salary and employment history of Notre Dame graduates. The results highlighted links between curriculum, clinical …