Postqualifying programmes

The benefits of high-level academic study such as a postgraduate diploma, master’s degree, professional doctorate or PhD include:
  • enhancing your clinical reasoning and analytical skills
  • developing your powers of independent thinking and encouraging you to take a more evaluative and innovative approach to practice
  • extending your awareness of the importance of research methods, activities and findings and of applying these to clinical practice
  • developing your confidence in your professional role and decision-making
  • enhancing your communication skills and developing your professional confidence
  • increasing your enthusiasm for greater knowledge, critical thinking and career-long professional development.

The CSP keeps details of over 500 post qualifying programmes of interest to physiotherapists. Use this site's postqualifying programmes database to conduct your own online search - either by geographic region or subject area.   Please note: new programmes are added and amended to the online database every six to twelve months. We therefore recommend that you always contact individual institutions for further details.

Details of postqualifying programmes endorsed by the CSP are also included in this section and how endorsement is achieved. Please note: endorsed programmes are not included in the searchable database at present.

For further information on postqualifying study, please see our publications section.

Use the search forms below to search the database by region or by subject area.

 
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