Curriculum

Starting in September 2023 with the incoming PT class of 2025, students will participate in a new curriculum that builds essential competencies as they train to become practice-ready physiotherapists.

CBE organizes curriculum around essential competencies and milestones (e.g., competencies related to physiotherapy expertise, communication, collaboration, leadership, management, scholarship, and professionalism) rather than content areas. A milestone is an ability expected of a physiotherapist at a specific stage in their training. Together, many milestones make up a competency. CBE is structured to progress through milestones over time, and revisit concepts at increasing levels of complexity.

Key highlights: 

• Frequent, low stakes, and meaningful assessments to provide feedback for learners to help them progress towards competency.
• Custom-designed online system for tracking progress and providing ongoing feedback.
• Placements: Five clinical and 1 academic (1025+ total hours).
• Developmental steps that allow students to grow as trainees – from an initial stage of requiring assistance, to performing clinical tasks, to unsupervised execution.
• Program based on the National Physiotherapy Entry-to-Practice Curriculum Guideline.