Best health course? (1 Viewer)

[leekiss]

I'm choosing between:
physiotherapy
occupational therapy
radiography
nursing

Which do you think is the best and does anyone have any positives and negatives of each of these courses to share.

Thanks

 

[Ryan_T90]

I'm choosing between:
physiotherapy
occupational therapy
radiography
nursing

Which do you think is the best and does anyone have any positives and negatives of each of these courses to share.

Thanks

Radiography is too repetetive, screw that.
Occupational Therapy looks extremely boring.
Physiotherapy seems pretty good. Don't think I'd like to work with old people. Chicks will be on their knees though if you say you're a physiotherapist.
Nursing looks really good. So many different things you can do in Nursing, whether it is in the peadiatric unit, mental health unit or ICU, very diverse. Might be looked down upon as a faggot (if you're a male), no, I'm kidding.

But yeah, just my opinion with no research into what the jobs entail whatsoever.

 

[leekiss]

Yeah nursing is good for all the different areas you can go into, but I worry about the bad parts like night shifts, showering people, wiping bums, cleaning up god knows what.

Does anyone have anyone experience with nursing?

With radiography I'm still paranoid about radiation exposure even though I know it's a myth. Could be very boring doing the same xrays over and over again and just pressing buttons.

 

[patdoon]

I'm choosing between:
physiotherapy
occupational therapy
radiography
nursing

Which do you think is the best and does anyone have any positives and negatives of each of these courses to share.

Thanks

if you have listed physio, do podiatry instead, it is much bette and your scope of practice is better

Podiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower leg. The term podiatry came into use first in the early 20th century United States where it now denotes a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), a specialist who is qualified by their education and training to diagnose and treat conditions affecting the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg. Within the field of podiatry, practitioners can focus on many different specialty areas, including surgery, sports medicine, biomechanics, oncology, dermatology geriatrics, pediatrics, orthopedics, or primary care.
out of all health professions podiatry isnt really considered allied health (even though media protrays it that way) it is more of a medical profession or like dentistry in its own field

In australia there are 3 professions that specialise, do surgery and are providers of professional attention, they are medicine, podiatry and dentistry.

Podiatrists scope of practice in australia is much less then the US however in the AU:

-Podiatrists can prescribe medications
-specialise further to do surgery, sports medicine, diabetes etc
-along with medcine and dentistry you can call yourself a 'Dr'.
-refer for diagnostic imaging ie MRI, cat scans etc
- starting salary is from 65k to 110000k
- get in now while its still an undergrad degree cos its changing to postgrad in the future