Are you interested in becoming a physical therapist?
Physical therapists are primary care professionals who work in a variety of settings, such as rehabilitation centers, hospitals, community health centers, and private clinics in both rural and urban areas.
The Master of Physical Therapy program at the University of British Columbia is the only entry-to-practice program in BC and now accepts 143 students over four sites.
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Recent News
RHSC Trainees Selected as 2026 UBC Public Scholars
Date: October 6, 2026 @8:31 am
Congratulations to the RHSC PhD trainees selected as part of the 2026 UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) cohort! Two of the four scholars are being supervised by members of the Department of Physical Therapy. As part of the PSI, Karen, Avneet, Nejat and Brittany receive the Public Scholars Initiative Award to support them in conducting […]
Dr Stephen Wright among UBC Medicine researchers awarded CFI funding to advance research innovation
Date: October 6, 2026 @8:39 am
Dr Stephen Wright, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Therapy, has been awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for his research project, The Comprehensive Circulatory Physiology Research Laboratory.
Makenzie McCallum – One year later
Date: August 4, 2026 @10:25 am
Since our last conversation in 2025, we had the opportunity to follow-up with Makenzie McCallum about her latest publication, Concussion knowledge, awareness, and experiences of indigenous youth ice hockey players: A call for culturally grounded concussion education and recovery. Makenzie undertook this research during her time at the Brain Development: Perception to Action Lab, supervised by Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul. Thank you to Makenzie for taking the time […]
Land Acknowledgement
The UBC Department of Physical Therapy and our programs occupy the ancestral and unceded territories of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia.
We respectfully acknowledge that:
- The Vancouver cohort and the Interior Region – Vancouver cohort at the Vancouver-Point Grey academic campus are located on the ancestral, unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.
- The Northern cohort at the University of Northern BC Prince George campus is located on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh (Klate-lee Ten-eh), who are part of the Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations.
- The Fraser Valley cohort is located on the traditional territory of the QayQayt First Nation, Kwantlen, q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen First Nations, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), and Stó:lō Nations.
- The Victoria cohort at the University of Victoria campus is located on the traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.
Students gratefully complete their clinical placement requirements on Indigenous territories in Indigenous nations of Indigenous people throughout British Columbia.