Seminars and Interview Sessions

What’s Physiotherapy? What’s Occupational Therapy?

What are their differences? How do Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist work together when they work with patients? In addition to medical institutions, football clubs, performing arts groups and schools in the UK hire their own physiotherapists too, which provides graduates with more diverse job opportunities. How will working outside medical institutions impact your career developments?

What’s Radiography?

What are the differences between Diagnostic Radiography and Therapeutic Radiography? Is there differences in registration requirements for professional status too? We’ve all heard of X-Ray and CT Scans, but there are lots of other services provided by the Radiology department in hospitals. Which of these are performed by a Radiographer?

Are Orthoptist and Optometrist quite similar? How are they different in terms of career prospects?

Orthoptists are responsible for assessing patients with conditions such as squint, amblyopia, ocular motility, visual or binocular function disorders. They work closely with ophthalmologists to provide appropriate treatment and help monitor patients’ conditions. In both the UK and Hong Kong, orthoptists are typically based in hospitals, though a small number also practise privately. When comparing the two disciplines, what are different in terms of teaching and professional qualifications? While Optometrists serve the general public more and there are more job opportunities for them as a whole, there are also more graduate Optometrists and thus more competition. How do these differences affect students’ long-term career prospects? What should students consider when they select between these two professions?

Application & Interview Tips

What attributes does the University look for in a student? Where should applicants pay extra attention when they prepare for their applications and interviews? How kind of volunteering and job shadowing experience can help enrich your Personal Statement and help you stand out in your interview?

Clinical Placement

Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiography and Orthoptics all require students to complete clinical placements as part of their education. How does the arrangement actually work? In which semester do these placements usually happen? Do students still need to attend classes when they’re doing their placement? How would the transport and accommodation be arranged during placement?

Programme Introduction: Ranked the 5^th and the 6^th for Radiography and Physiotherapy respectively!

During the Seminar, the Lecturer will use the Physiotherapy, Radiography, Orthoptics and other allied health programmes in University of Liverpool as examples to better illustrate ideas. Prospective students and parents will be able to learn about course structure, professional qualifications, teaching facilities, clinical placements, entry & interview arrangements and more of the following programmes:

• BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
• BSc (Hons) Orthoptics ^{Designated programme for Hospital Authority’s Training Sponsorship Scheme}
• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
• BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography and Oncology
• MSc Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-registration) ^{Two-year Postgraduate (Conversion), suitable for graduates from other disciplines}
• MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) ^{Two-year Postgraduate (Conversion), suitable for graduates from other disciplines}
• MSc Orthoptics (Pre-Registration) ^{Designated programme for Hospital Authority’s Training Sponsorship Scheme; Two-year Postgraduate (Conversion), suitable for graduates from other disciplines}
• MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) ^{Two-year Postgraduate (Conversion), suitable for graduates from other disciplines}
• MSc Therapeutic Radiography and Oncology (Pre-registration) ^{Two-year Postgraduate (Conversion), suitable for graduates from other disciplines}

Pathway Programme Highlights:

F.5 students, as well as HKDSE, A-levels and IB graduates, can all progress to undergraduate through a pathway prorgamme. In this last section, an admissions representative of University of Liverpool International College will provide an overview of their pathway programmes, covering progression degree choices, entry requirements and other useful information. The representative will also explain how the promise of “Guaranteed Progression” works!

• 554-444/AAB-BBB – Undergraduate (Year One) ^{(3-Year Programmes) Graduating in 2029}
• 322/DDD* – University Foundation ^{(1-Year Programmes, leading to Year 1 of Undergraduate Degree) Graduating in 2030}

* F.5 students are also accepted into University Foundation