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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nHi everyone, I am a first year postgraduate student studying (Pre-Registration) Physiotherapy at King\u2019s College London. It is a field of work in which I have been very passionate about ever since I was young. Prior to this degree, I studied Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation which has provided me with a vast amount of experience to allow me to get to where I am today \u2013 studying this Physiotherapy degree! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How my Degree is\nHelping Me Prepare for my Future Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As a part of my two-year degree, we are given a vast amount\nof opportunity to gain valuable clinical experience at 6 different placements.\nTwo of which take place in my first year and the remaining 4 during my second\nyear. Placements can take place in hospitals, private clinics and other\nhealthcare environments. This provides me with the exposure of working with\npatients who exhibit a diverse range of conditions, granting me the necessary\nexperience that will be pivotal post-graduation. Additionally, it also offers\nme the unique opportunity to experience different clinical wards such as cardiorespiratory,\nneurological, paediatrics, musculoskeletal wards, etc. Meaning I get an early\ntaste in the career of a physiotherapist, as well as an insight into the mechanics\nthat make it such an intense, but most importantly, patient-centred\nenvironment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout my undergraduate degree, I gained experience\nworking with musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiorespiratory patients.\nAlthough, the patients were largely healthy individuals, in their Phase III or\nIV of rehabilitation. Gifting me beneficial insights on rehabilitation during\nthese stages. However, the placements in for my current degree will help me\nbuild upon this, and delve deeper into this monumental role, that has life-changing\nproperties to the patients that are dependent on this service. I hope to also\nincrease my understanding on how each condition and patient are unique and thus,\nthe require a personalized treatment that is satisfactory to their specific\nneeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n First Semester\nExperience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the first semester, we have had a couple stimulated practice education days (SIMPED) allowing us to practice our subjective questioning and assessment with a patient. Through this experience, it gave us a small insight to what a small part of our future placement would look like. We\u2019ve also had to work with other students across the healthcare profession (e.g. nurses, medics, dietetics) to deliver a presentation regarding the important of patient discharge. This is essential to my career as the process of patient discharge is critical to a patient\u2019s hospital experience. It is also important to be able to have good teamwork and cooperation with students across different healthcare disciplines. As physiotherapists always work in a multidisciplinary team which consists of doctors, nurses, occupational therapists and many more, who share a similar common goal, to giving the best possible care available to patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Careers and\nEmployability Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Careers and Employability team is dedicated to assist\nand support postgraduate students across all degrees to explore our career\ninterest, strength and values. They provide us with extensive resources to help\nevery aspect in obtaining a future job or internships. From writing a CV and\ninterview preparation to finding certain roles and jobs in our preferable profession,\nthe Careers and Employability team would be able to guide us to the right path.\nI\u2019ve had my fair share of guidance from the team to help me prepare for my\ncareer and interviews and I found it very beneficial as they provided me with\ntips and answered all the queries that I had. I\u2019ve also signed up for weekly\njobs and opportunities alert from the team to constantly update me on what\navailable full-time\/part-time\/temporary jobs are on the market!<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the vast amount of support from the people at King\u2019s, I\nam confident I will be able to figure out my future career path and the steps\nto get there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ena Cheng Hi everyone, I am a first year postgraduate student studying (Pre-Registration) Physiotherapy at King\u2019s College London. It is a field of work in which I have been very passionate about ever since I was young. Prior to this degree, I studied Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation which has provided me with a vast amount … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/bench-to-bedside\/files\/2021\/01\/Capture.jpg\")
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