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September 25, 2026International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Starting where students start: rethinking first-year placement readiness in physiotherapy education

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Esin Turkaslan discusses the importance of first-year placements for physiotherapy students and how these experiences prepare the students to be ready for clinical practice.

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Esin Turkaslan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab9b5257822ec8fc3d8fa41 https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2026.0095

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