Physiotherapy education in Singapore: a new degree programme through collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and Singapore Institute of Technology

摘要

Entry level physiotherapy education began in Singapore in 1992 with the commencement of a three-year diploma. The yearly numbers of diploma graduates has risen over the years and currently over 100 students graduate from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) each year. Physiotherapy education in Ireland changed from diploma to degree level in 1986, and since the 1990s there has been a growing focus on post graduate education and research. This paper describes the background to the development of a one-year programme leading to a BSc (Physiotherapy) (from the University of Dublin, Trinity College) with recognition of the three-year diploma in Physiotherapy from NYP in Singapore. The first graduates of the one-year programme will receive their degrees in 2013.