CDI College’s Physiotherapy Assistant – Occupational Therapy Assistant program is designed to prepare and formally train students to work in partnership with, and under the direction of physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
In the program, you’ll pick up the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours necessary to work alongside occupational therapists, physical therapists and physiotherapists as their assistant in health care and community settings, while staying current in the areas of occupational therapy and physiotherapy practice, emerging trends in the health system, and advances in theory and technology.
This program is also designed to meet accreditation standards set by Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada (PEAC).

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