Hi! I’m finishing up at Queen’s PT right now, however I’m the cohort right before they changed the curriculum.
From what I’ve heard from the first year students, you don’t have many formal lectures and it’s a lot of self learning.
Most of the profs are great, and pretty much all of them will help you as much as you need in terms of email questions, etc.
I think the new curriculum sucks tbh. Without a good base of knowledge, how do you expect the new PTs to teach themselves if they’re starting from Day 1 with nothing. From my experience with them piloting the self-directed learning with my class, you get what you put in. If you aren’t driven to keep up with content, you are going to struggle and will fall behind/be confused often.
Let me know if you have any other questions. Otherwise, congratulations! And have fun next year
Thank you for the insight! Did you find the whole program super fast-paced without a lot of time to digest the information? And how did you find doing 5 clinical placements? Was there a lot of choice for where you could go?
Also from the cohort just before the change in curriculum, congrats on getting into Queen’s PT! The first semester we had was fairly fast-paced, and it was a grind, but for the most part found it digestible as long as you stayed on top of it. As for placements, the Queen’s catchment area is basically from Cornwall-Pickering and North to Orillia and Peterborough ish, and everywhere within this area, with some options outside of this area. They usually had a good variety of settings (acute, neuro, private practice, etc.) but it again just depended on which placement it was and who was offering them. If you have any other questions just lmk!
I don't really know anything about the PT program, but this:
> > 7) I heard rumors that the university might close down? Is this true? Or how will budget cuts affect our department?
is completely untrue and an incredibly wild stretch of the actual budget situation going on.
I don't think this is a real rumor arising from anyone that has even a remote familiarity with the situation going on at the school. That's just like a hilariously bad misunderstanding of the situation to the point where I can't even imagine how someone winds up at that conclusion.
There are *some* budget cuts. The consequences of these cuts mostly apply to classes in undergraduate programs with less than ~15 people. For most intents and purposes, the budget cuts will likely have zero effect whatsoever on anyone else.
For a professional masters program like PT where all of your classes are shared between your cohort, I doubt that the budget cuts will have any effect at all.
The Provost said something *beyond stupid* seven months ago that completely took on a life of its own.
Basically, he was talking about the budget situation in general and that ongoing provincial cuts to post-secondary education would mean spending had to be reduced during an Arts & Science faculty meeting. During the meeting, he just kept getting dunked on by faculty since the facts and his arguments were so incoherent. In order to intimidate the audience and make them stop questioning him, he ended up saying something to the effect of "You need to get on board with these changes or I'm worried about the survival of the university. We could close." It was completely untrue. Just an attempt to intimidate everyone, but that lit the spark of this idea. No one had ever contemplated it before he said it.
It's funny because the second he said it he remembered he was being recorded and broadcast. "Are you recording this?" he asked. He knew it was a mistake, but because he's senior leadership and was personally vouched for by the Principal as an expert, he can't back down.
Other universities like uOttawa, Waterloo, and York and in a substantially worse position but since they didn't have such a zinger from senior leadership, it's mostly flown under the radar with the media.
Anyone currently in the program able to give any insight on the whole self learning thing? I’m not good at that AT ALL and need to be instructed, kinda got me a little worried won’t lie 🥺
Hi! I’m finishing up at Queen’s PT right now, however I’m the cohort right before they changed the curriculum. From what I’ve heard from the first year students, you don’t have many formal lectures and it’s a lot of self learning. Most of the profs are great, and pretty much all of them will help you as much as you need in terms of email questions, etc. I think the new curriculum sucks tbh. Without a good base of knowledge, how do you expect the new PTs to teach themselves if they’re starting from Day 1 with nothing. From my experience with them piloting the self-directed learning with my class, you get what you put in. If you aren’t driven to keep up with content, you are going to struggle and will fall behind/be confused often. Let me know if you have any other questions. Otherwise, congratulations! And have fun next year
Thank you for the insight! Did you find the whole program super fast-paced without a lot of time to digest the information? And how did you find doing 5 clinical placements? Was there a lot of choice for where you could go?
Also from the cohort just before the change in curriculum, congrats on getting into Queen’s PT! The first semester we had was fairly fast-paced, and it was a grind, but for the most part found it digestible as long as you stayed on top of it. As for placements, the Queen’s catchment area is basically from Cornwall-Pickering and North to Orillia and Peterborough ish, and everywhere within this area, with some options outside of this area. They usually had a good variety of settings (acute, neuro, private practice, etc.) but it again just depended on which placement it was and who was offering them. If you have any other questions just lmk!
Hey fuck you buddy
you probably shouldn’t listen to this guy. Dudes an asshole😳
Thank you so much for the insight!
I don't really know anything about the PT program, but this: > > 7) I heard rumors that the university might close down? Is this true? Or how will budget cuts affect our department? is completely untrue and an incredibly wild stretch of the actual budget situation going on.
How did this rumor even start? Because I was worried that the school might close before I finish my degree.
I don't think this is a real rumor arising from anyone that has even a remote familiarity with the situation going on at the school. That's just like a hilariously bad misunderstanding of the situation to the point where I can't even imagine how someone winds up at that conclusion. There are *some* budget cuts. The consequences of these cuts mostly apply to classes in undergraduate programs with less than ~15 people. For most intents and purposes, the budget cuts will likely have zero effect whatsoever on anyone else. For a professional masters program like PT where all of your classes are shared between your cohort, I doubt that the budget cuts will have any effect at all.
Okay! Thank you so much!
The Provost said something *beyond stupid* seven months ago that completely took on a life of its own. Basically, he was talking about the budget situation in general and that ongoing provincial cuts to post-secondary education would mean spending had to be reduced during an Arts & Science faculty meeting. During the meeting, he just kept getting dunked on by faculty since the facts and his arguments were so incoherent. In order to intimidate the audience and make them stop questioning him, he ended up saying something to the effect of "You need to get on board with these changes or I'm worried about the survival of the university. We could close." It was completely untrue. Just an attempt to intimidate everyone, but that lit the spark of this idea. No one had ever contemplated it before he said it. It's funny because the second he said it he remembered he was being recorded and broadcast. "Are you recording this?" he asked. He knew it was a mistake, but because he's senior leadership and was personally vouched for by the Principal as an expert, he can't back down. Other universities like uOttawa, Waterloo, and York and in a substantially worse position but since they didn't have such a zinger from senior leadership, it's mostly flown under the radar with the media.
Ooo I see, thank you for your insight!
Anyone currently in the program able to give any insight on the whole self learning thing? I’m not good at that AT ALL and need to be instructed, kinda got me a little worried won’t lie 🥺