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  • Education

Background:

  • Physiotherapy baccalaureate programs utilize various selection criteria for admission.
  • Understanding these criteria is crucial for prospective students and program development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To survey physiotherapy baccalaureate programs regarding their student selection criteria.
  • To identify common and unique selection methods used in physiotherapy admissions.

Main Methods:

  • A mail questionnaire was distributed to 90 institutions across three countries.
  • Data was collected from 68 physiotherapy baccalaureate programs, achieving a 76% response rate.

Main Results:

  • Academic achievement was a universal selection criterion.
  • While objective measures of ability, interest, and personality were sometimes used, they were rarely combined.
  • Interviews, references, student objectives, and prior physical therapy experience were commonly used in combination, but without specific weighting.

Conclusions:

  • Physiotherapy admissions rely heavily on academic history and a combination of subjective and experiential factors.
  • The lack of specific weighting for selection criteria suggests potential variability in admissions decisions across programs.