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Admission procedure for the university-level course Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (CCRP)

Physical medicine and rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary field of veterinary medicine that has become an integral part of the treatment of animals with orthopaedic and neurological diseases in recent years.

By training appropriately qualified specialists in the field of physical medicine, the healing process of dogs can be optimised post-operatively or post-traumatically and a significant contribution can be made to rehabilitation and the prevention of trauma in the field of work and sport. One of the central tasks of graduates is the development of standardised programmes for the rehabilitation of dogs, meaning that they play a key role in terms of quality assurance in the field of physical medicine. They will make an important contribution to animal welfare through optimal pain management in the context of physical medicine and animal-optimised training.

The university-level training course is a cooperation project between the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and the University of Tennessee. The curriculum of the university-level training course follows the training programme of the Canine Rehabilitation Certificate Program of the University of Tennessee. It is therefore to be understood as an international training programme that concludes with the official designation of the University of Tennessee ‘Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner’. Furthermore, participants who have successfully completed the entire curriculum are awarded the title ‘Academic Expert in Veterinary Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Dogs’ in accordance with § 87a (1) UG, which is confirmed by the issue of a certificate.

Target groups of the university-level training course ‘Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner’:

- Persons with a degree in veterinary medicine

- Students of veterinary medicine from the 10th semester onwards

In the Republic of Austria, activities reserved for veterinarians, in particular the examination of animals as well as diagnosis and treatment, may only be carried out by veterinarians in accordance with Section 4 of the Veterinarians Act.

Insofar as physiotherapy is used by laypersons, this can only be carried out as an aid in the context of diagnosis and treatment carried out by the veterinarian under their responsible supervision. The Federal Ministry of Health expressly pointed out on 7 March 2014 (BMG- 74120/0005-II/B/10a/2014) that independent medical treatment can only be carried out by veterinarians; other persons, including those who may have undergone in-depth training, can only be called upon to assist with the treatment as auxiliary persons. A mere referral for treatment is not possible.

Application

Applications should be sent exclusively by e-mail to ULGPhysiotherapie@vetmeduni.ac.at .

The following application documents must be enclosed:

Application deadline:       01.10.2024 – 31.01.2025

Course start:                      01.03. 2025 (e-learning modules)

Attendance days:             04.08.2025  – 09.08.2025

Final exam:                      presumably august 2026

Course fee and costs:
incl. exam, goniometer and a Gulik tape

  • for participants from EU countries with an internationally recognised tax number (ATU number) and from third countries: EUR 7,995
  • for participants from EU countries without an internationally recognised tax number:
    EUR 7,995 (plus VAT of the respective country.)
  • EUR 24.70 ÖH fee per semester

Curriculum:

For the Rectorate:

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Petra Winter

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