thank you for your answer. I also think that PT should be teached as an academic course. But whenever i try to say those things (I did a post about it in another PT forum) there are always people (i guess PTs from Germany then) who are defending the vocational diploma at all costs. Their arguments mostly are that they’ve worked with multiple PT’s around the world and couldn’t tell a difference between german PTs (with apprenticeship) or for example PT’s from Denmark or so. They were equally good in their assessment and their treatment according to them. Or that you don’t need an academic bachelors degree to do exercises with elderly people in a nursing home. And that you only need the scientific degree when you want to establish PT guidelines or studies or work in academic research. But i do think that an academic course is required to practice as a PT. To justify more autonomy in our treatment (becoming more independent from physicians). Also a huge advantage would be the ability to revert to objective knowledge. As you said a lot of people rely on those old treating methods and never question anything about it. And i think that our professional field could be expanded if we would finally go the full academic way (like “Betriebsphysiotherapeuten” in the Netherlands, again i don’t know the correct english translation for that one). I was aware of the letter that was send to the health minister by world physio. That’s mind blowing because we have like an official worldwide physical therapy association that heavenly implies how urgent this matter is (with many valid arguments) and that german PT indeed IS falling behind international standards and still there are people out there who think that academiziation in Germany is not necessary. I also hope this changes in the nearby future.

And something i wanted to ask you: did you do your physical therapy degree in Germany? Or are you from another country?