General situation of rehabilitation treatment specialty in Australia

For those students who study in Australia, mainly immigrants, do you know rehabilitation, a major that is beneficial to Australian immigrants? Next, let's look at the general situation of rehabilitation treatment in Australia.

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When it comes to physical therapists, what comes to mind first? A masseur who relaxes patients? Or a doctor who uses various high-tech instruments to treat diseases with physical therapy? In fact, the work of occupational therapists is closely related to everyone's high-quality life. They help patients to recover their physical, mental, social and economic abilities as much as possible, so that they can move towards life again and step into society with more confidence. Different from nurses, occupational therapists communicate with patients attentively, help others in daily life, and popularize the concept of rehabilitation in family, school, work and leisure life. The physiotherapist is still here.

Health in a broad sense, such as community development, health popularization and policy formulation, plays an important role.

Australian physiotherapists' occupation in SOL is physiotherapist (2525 1 1 physiotherapist).

The evaluation association of Australian physiotherapists is: Australian Physiotherapy Association (APC) (Outer Chain).

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20 18 professional definition of physiotherapy in Australia

Physiotherapists are mainly responsible for evaluating, treating and preventing dyskinesia caused by injuries or diseases. Physical therapy refers to the application of artificial physical factors (such as light, electricity, magnetism, sound, temperature, cold, etc. ) prevent and treat diseases. Physical therapy is referred to as physical therapy for short, and the corresponding therapies include electrotherapy, phototherapy, magnetic therapy, hyperthermia, cold therapy, hydrotherapy, ultrasonic therapy and biofeedback therapy. The advantages of physical therapy are extensive, non-invasive, painless and relatively safe, and it has different therapeutic effects on many diseases and injuries. In addition, the role of physical therapy can also actively promote rehabilitation and prevent possible sequelae. For the rehabilitation of chronic diseases, senile diseases and disabilities, it can play a role that drugs and surgery cannot produce. Therefore, physical therapy is also an important rehabilitation means in rehabilitation medicine.

The most commonly used physical therapy methods are electrotherapy and phototherapy. Among them, phototherapy refers to the use of artificial light, such as infrared, ultraviolet, visible light, laser and so on. Prevent and treat diseases and promote physical recovery. For example, ultraviolet rays are mainly used for disinfection and sterilization, improving blood circulation of wounds, stimulating and enhancing the immune function of the body (preventing and treating colds), relieving pain, preventing and treating rickets and rickets. According to different types of lasers, laser therapy can be used for laser surgery to heal chronic wounds, ulcers and allergic rhinitis.

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20 18 Australian physiotherapy professional work content

1. Conduct muscle, nerve, joint and function tests to check and evaluate the patient's physical problems;

2. Design a treatment plan according to the patient's condition;

3. Relieve patients' pain, improve blood circulation, strengthen muscles, improve heart, cardiovascular and respiratory functions, restore joint flexibility and promote body balance and coordination through treatment;

4. Use exercise, hyperthermia, cold therapy, massage, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, ultrasound and other therapeutic tools to treat patients;

5. Check and continuously detect and evaluate the treatment progress of patients;

6. Discuss the patient's condition, needs and progress with other medical experts;

7. Understand the knowledge of patients and their families to continue treatment at home;

8. Record the patient's treatment response and progress;

9. Formulate and implement health examination and preventive health promotion plan.

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Immigration assessment requirements:

1. Certificate requirements:

Applicants must meet one or more of the following conditions (international students generally consider the first condition, and this assessment does not require work experience):

1) Complete the certification course; or

2) Holding the APC substantive equivalent certificate (issued after completing the APC equivalent qualification evaluation); or

3) Holding the final certificate issued by APC (issued after completing the clinical evaluation in the first evaluation of APC); or

4) Holding an unrestricted registration certificate issued by the Australian Physiotherapy Association; or

5) Hold an unconditional annual practice certificate issued by New Zealand Physiotherapy Association.

APC equivalent qualification evaluation description:

Depending on whether the academic qualifications held by the applicant are equivalent to those of Australia, the school where the applicant is located needs to submit detailed information, such as transcripts and curriculum settings. If the application is successful, you will get a certificate of substantial equivalence, which can be used to apply for general registration or immigration; If the application fails, you need to participate in the general registration (you don't need to participate in the initial evaluation). The process is: initial evaluation → written examination → clinical evaluation →APC final certificate → application for general registration (AHPRA for short).

2. Language requirements:

IELTS 7, single item is not less than 7; or

TOEFL 94, Writing 27, Listening and Reading 24, Speaking 23