Internship/work placement guide

3 Guidelines for student professional internships
3.1 Organisation of the work placement
The students undertake to organise suitable professional internships on their own responsibility. An appropriate lead
time must be taken into account. Experience has shown that some institutions require up to one year‘s advance notice
for professional internships.
A list of the professional internship positions available in Carinthia can be found on moodle. Within these positions
or comparable positions in all provinces of Austria, students are free to choose, according to their educational level,
which professional internship position they want to take up in the respective semester and also apply for it on their
own responsibility. For this purpose, the form „Zusage - BP“ has to be used (see moodle).
The professional internships for the Gailtalklinik and for the Tobelbad Rehabilitation Clinic are provided by the
Internship coordinator (see moodle). Thus, no application by the students is required.
Criteria for the selection of suitable professional internships
The professional internships are to take place predominantly in hospitals. In total, the following compulsory areas
have to be completed and a total of 20 PT processes have to be documented. An overview of the subject areas to be
completed is shown below.
In the 5th or 6th semester, the completion of a professional internship with a freelance physiotherapist can be approved
in individual cases and after prior consultation with the course director/internship coordinator. A placement duration
of 4 weeks is recommended.
The following points should be considered when looking for a professional internship:
• the respective institution meets the minimum requirements for a professional internship
• the respective institution corresponds to the current state of education
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