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Physiotherapy
Schools in Asia
The physiotherapy schools in Asia offer various levels of
undergraduate education. Countries like Thailand, Taiwan
(ROC), Philippines, Korea and Hong Kong offer 3 to 4 year
programs leading to a degree qualification. Countries
like Singapore and Indonesia offer diplomas, while Malaysia
offers certificates in physiotherapy. Yet, other countries
such as Japan offer a mixture of degrees, associate degrees
and diplomas. As far as I know, there is only one physiotherapy
school in China (at the certificate level), and none in Vietnam
and Cambodia. As far as is possible, I have attempted
to provide as complete a listing as possible. However,
this is made difficult by the fact that most of the Asian
countries that fall under the category of developing nations
do not have ready access to computer technology, and hence
the internet. In addition, English is not the main language
spoken in almost all these countries. Hence, even if
there is a home page available, it would not be accessible
via the internet as it would be in a non-English language
medium. Special web browsers (with the required fonts)
would be needed to view these pages (in addition to being
conversant in the language) as in the case of Japan (in Japanese)
and Taiwan (in Chinese).
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Hong
Kong
There
is only one school for Physical Therapy education. This
is a degree course conducted by the Department of Rehabilitation
Science at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
http://www.rs.polyu.edu.hk/
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Indonesia
Information
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Japan
There
are 104 schools that offer Physical Therapy programs in Japan.
Of these 104 schools, 12 of them are 4-year University degree
programs, 13 are 3-year College degree programs, 25 are 4-year
Technical diploma programs, and 54 are 3-year Technical diploma
programs. A complete listing of all these schools, as
well as links to their home pages, is given at the home page
of the Japanese Physical Therapy Association. Unfortunately,
the entire website is in Japanese and unless you have a web
browser that is capable of displaying Japanese fonts, you will
not be able to view the pages. For those who would like
to try to access the list of PT schools in Japan.
http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/jpta/menu.htm
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Korea
Information
about the schools offering PT programs is available at http://www.dragon.yonsei.ac.kr/~rehabili/link/univ.htm
. Unfortunately, this site is entirely in the Korean language.
According to this site, there are nine 4-year programs and twenty-two
3-year programs in Physical Therapy. According to the
educational system in Korea, the 3-year programs award diplomas,
while the 4-year programs award a Bachelor of Health Science
degree.
In
addition, there are also 3 Masters (2 years) and 2 PhD (3 years)
postgraduate programs in PT in Korea. As yet, there are
no entry level Masters degree programs. Applicants who
wish to apply for the postgraduate programs must have a Physical
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Malaysia
Information
not available |
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Republic
of China (Taiwan)
There
are 7 universities and 2 colleges that offer undergraduate
programs in Physical Therapy in Taiwan. Of these, only
the National Taiwan University offers postgraduate studies
in Physical Therapy (MSc program) since 1998
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Thailand
There
are eight PT schools in Thailand. Two are in private universities,
and six are in government universities. While some of
them are presently working on their home pages, none of them
are ready at this present moment. In Thailand, all the
schools offer 4-year BSc programs. Only one University
(Mahidol) offer post-graduate Masters degree program presently,
and plan to offer a PhD program in the near future. The
eight PT schools are :
Government Universities
Government
Universities School of Physiotherapy
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University,
Prannok Road, Bangkoknoi,
Bangkok 10700, Thailand |
Department
of Physical Therapy
Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences
Chiangmai University, Chiangmai 50200,
Thailand |
Department
of Physical Therapy
Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences
Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002,
Thailand |
Department
of Physical Therapy
Faculty of AlliedHealth Sciences
Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok 10330,
Thailand |
Department
of Physical Therapy
Faculty of AlliedHealth Sciences
Thammasat University
Phaholyothin Road, Klong-loang,
Patumtanee 12120,
Thailand |
Department
of Physical Therapy
Project for Faculty of AlliedHealth Sciences
Srinakarinvirot University,
Sukumvit Soi 23, Sukumvit Road,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand |
Private Universities
Faculty
of Physical Therapy
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
18/18 Bangna-Trad Road, K.M.18,
Bangplee District,
Samutprakarn 10540,
Thailand |
Faculty of
Physical Therapy and Sport Technology
Rangsit University
Phaholyothin Road,
Patumtanee 12120,
Thailand |
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