ss15 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 I'm currently volunteering in 2 great rehab settings (children's disability centre and stroke program at hospital). I have many hours and I'm receiving great experience but I'm worried that this isn't enough 'field experience'. Is it common to get an offer with minimal but quality experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAtThis Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 Not sure exactly how they weight it, but I'm pretty sure Western had something on their admission page stating that they consider those with physio related experience the highest compared to non-physio related experience, which makes sense IMO. However, those places that you are volunteering at sound like they would incorporate some form of physiotherapy care. I think by non-physio experience they are referring more towards research experience, amongst other stuff (which is coincidentally, what I have). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab4Life Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 I think it’s better to have a few good quality experiences that you can talk about in depth in the personal submissions. A few PT-related experiences in different areas (ortho, neuro, cardiac, paediatrics, geriatrics, etc) would be great, so you can talk about them; what you did, what you learned and how they align with core competencies. I think I listed 5 experiences for my PT-related question, but looking back I think it was too many. I was able to show diversity, but because of the character limit, wasn’t really able to go into much depth about them on a personal level. Also, experience is going to be weighted differently across the schools. Queens for example will care about experience a lot more than say U of T. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zurv Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/16/2018 at 6:54 PM, Rehab4Life said: I think it’s better to have a few good quality experiences that you can talk about in depth in the personal submissions. A few PT-related experiences in different areas (ortho, neuro, cardiac, paediatrics, geriatrics, etc) would be great, so you can talk about them; what you did, what you learned and how they align with core competencies. I think I listed 5 experiences for my PT-related question, but looking back I think it was too many. I was able to show diversity, but because of the character limit, wasn’t really able to go into much depth about them on a personal level. Also, experience is going to be weighted differently across the schools. Queens for example will care about experience a lot more than say U of T. Hope that helps! agree with pacho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab4Life Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 20 hours ago, Zurv said: agree with pacho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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