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Dietetics
Emma Kewell - 3rd year student
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placements, and I am currently getting ready to start my final C placement at Torbay Hospital... Read more
Jaana Jeffery - Graduate
I work as a clinical Dietitian specialising in supporting the nutritional needs of patients with cancer and those who have had upper gastrointestinal surgery... Read more
Jessica Fisher - Graduate
I chose dietetics because of my love for food and working with people... Read more
Lindsey Ratledge - 2nd year student
The course is hard work, especially being condensed into 3 years, but I am loving every minute! It just goes far too fast!... Read more
Natasha Guildford - 2nd year student
I liked how it involved working in a hospital with more clinical cases as well as working with the community to improve healthy eating... Read more
Roisin Gowan - 2nd year student
It's really dynamic, I honestly couldn't think of anything I'd rather do, if you like working with food but you also like the medical aspect of it then I'd say Dietetics is for you... Read more
Steve Blackburn - Graduate
Seeing patients in their home environment rather than a hospital ward gives me a great insight into the sort of issues that people face on a daily basis... Read more
Tracey Swain - 3rd year student
A lot of my studies have been largely clinical-based with a focus on the nutritional treatment of disease... Read more
Leonie Gerlach - 1st year student
This makes the whole atmosphere much more familiar, with tight inter-student friendships. We can easily hang out together and socialise outside of uni. In fact, many people on other courses who I’ve talked to about this envy me for this!!... Read more
Calvin Hopkins - 1st year student
It’s an amazing city, it really is. You’re close by the beach which is really important to me. We’re by the hoe. It’s a really beautiful city, everything is really close, the town centres just a few minutes walk from the university and the accommodation is really close as well... Read more
Occupational Therapy
Alison Emony - 3rd year student
Occupational Therapy appealed to me because it has such a positive and practical approach to enabling people to make the most of their lives... Read more
Ceri Saunders - 3rd year student
Placements are so beneficial and enjoyable; this course could not be possible without them... Read more
Elisha Pike - 3rd year student
The good points of the course are the workshops. We get to do lots of fun activities like going around the city centre in wheel chairs to experience what it is like to be a wheel chair user... Read more
Dawn Ford - 1st year student
I have really enjoyed being back in education. The tutors are all great - very approachable. I was worried that I would be one of the oldest people on the course, but there are lots of other mature students - which is really good... Read more
Katie Parkinson - 1st year student
Placement is a really interesting part of the course as you can see the different things you have been learning about in the lectures/workshops etc. put into practice... Read more
Tracey Groom - 1st year student
The good bits are just the course itself, I love what I have chosen to do and am interested in all aspects but especially the biology and psychology side... Read more
Operating Department Practice
Chris Collishaw - 2nd year student
The sheer nature of the role of the ODP is varied and demanding, requiring communication and practical skills, as well as teamwork and decision making in order to care for others... Read more
Chris Tremblett - 2nd year student
The course is great, it prepares you quickly for the environment that you will be subjected to too plus you learn quickly and effectively during your placement with full support from other practitioners within the trust... Read more
Karen Whitehead - 2nd year student
I chose the course because I cannot think of any job I would rather do, it encompasses everything I enjoy doing and it's a worthwhile job which I am hoping I'll get lots of job satisfaction from... Read more
Paramedic Practitioner (Community Emergency Health)
Bethany Faulks - 2nd year student 
This degree enables me to learn skills and gain theory from a variety of healthcare settings and scenarios, which I can take into the community, a requisite in providing quality care set out by the ambulance service... Read more
Hannah Wilson - 1st year student
The support that I've found from the placement areas that I've been to has been brilliant, they really appreciate what we're doing... Read more
Louise Pike - 2nd year student
The cohort get on really well, the paramedic lecturers are fantastic and are always available to offer advice and guidance... Read more
Peter Bishop - 1st year student
When you participate in giving medical care to a patient and receiving thanks from that patient it's very rewarding... Read more
Simon Bayliss - 2nd year student
We spend our University lecture time based at the Peninsula Allied Health Centre, a new building for allied health professions, which is a comfortable equipped building, with practical skills labs on site... Read more
Stephanie King - 2nd year student
I like the thought of attending a different patient every day and not knowing what I may encounter and possessing advanced skills to make clinical decisions... Read more
Oliver Davis - 1st year student
The placement element on the course is excellent. It gives you that first hand knowledge, experience and skills of what it is like to be a paramedic... Read more
Alex Sanders-Page - 1st year student
The placements so far have been excellent, I have been to Minor Injury Units, casualty and of course a lot of time with the ambulance service working on both rapid response vehicles and front line ambulances... Read more
Physiotherapy
Alex Pollard - Graduate
Placement supervisors were always aware of our current stage of learning and would ease us into things slowly. Before we knew it we were assessing and treating patients without batting an eyelid!... Read more
Alex Brigden - 2nd year student
I think our teaching facilities are fantastic; clean, modern and well equipped... Read more
Claire Bowen - 2nd year student
I am proud to be a physio student and there is still no other course I would rather be doing... Read more
Jude Kelly - 3rd year student
My placement experiences have been really varied, the tutors who organise our placements make sure that each individual student gets a really good range of placement experiences so I have had a really excellent time... Read more
Laura Bonas - 2nd year student 
There are a wide range of different ages of people on the course, which is brilliant because everyone has different backgrounds and can share different life experiences... Read more
Lee Cameron - Graduate
The course itself is very interactive and hands-on, and a great mix between practical and theory elements... Read more
Nicole Matthews - 3rd year student
The great thing about Plymouth is that it's down by the sea which is brilliant, especially in the summer, but the course has a problem based learning approach which really takes the focus on to you concentrating on your own learning rather than always being spoon fed... Read more
Jennifer Rashbrooke - 1st year student
I also liked the fact that the teaching methods at Plymouth are a lot more problem/practical based rather than theoretical, a strategy which future employers have said they look favourably upon... Read more
Nolan Smyth - 2nd year student
There’s a really positive vibe going on. The facilities are all fairly new, 5 or 6 years old and they’re really, really good facilities... Read more
Podiatry
Emma Toms - Graduate
For me, podiatry offers a very rewarding and challenging role that allows me to work as an autonomous practitioner, whilst being part of a very knowledgable and supportive team that ultimately enhances patient care and quality of life... Read more
Haydn D. Kelly - Graduate
I am asked the question 'what is it you love about your work?' daily... Variety and a very real sense of contribution and reward. There's nearly always something new to do... Read more
Liz Rhodes - Graduate
I am now self employed with two clinics, an online business and a small retail outlet all specialising in providing high quality service in podiatry related fields... Read more
Rob Adams - 3rd year student
Everything we covered seemed to be introduced at a time where we were at that level, and I liked the amount of theory and practice we put in before getting exposed to patients... Read more
Sarah Powell - 2nd year student
The class rooms are built for a purpose, for example we have a podiatry room with the new couches, latest diagnostic equipment and treatment materials. There are also seminar rooms great for small group study with a computer and white board... Read more
Mark Wright - 1st year student
The teaching has been excellent and the tutors supportive... Read more | 
