Physiotherapist’s assistant

Study form: daytime study/ distance learning

Level of education: vocational special education
Requirements to start studies: secondary education
Field: medicine and social services

Study period: 1 year or 2 years
Documents issued at graduation: certificate of state vocational special education for physiotherapists and a marks sheet.

Physiotherapist’s assistants have the knowledge and skills to assist physiotherapists in a rehabilitation environment/team, based on the clients’ / patients’ needs, and social readiness to find complex, diverse, creative and innovative solutions to clients’ health problems, willingness to work in the open labour market in companies offering rehabilitation services, and to pursue further studies at universities or / and specialize to become a massage therapist.