Registration and Enrolment

You are required to be fully immunized before registering in the program. If you do not submit a completed immunization record, you will be suspended from clinical training until proper documentation is submitted. Returning students are required to submit an updated health form. Please read the instructions on the forms carefully for additional details. Keep a copy for your own records; clinical facilities may request a copy from you. In addition, some clinical facilities (e.g., long term care facilities) might have additional immunization requirements (e.g., three COVID-19 vaccines instead of 2).  This information will be made available for the students as we are informed. Download the Health Forms here.

The Ministry of Health and the Department of Physical Therapy strongly recommend the influenza vaccine. Clinical facilities encourage all staff and students to receive the influenza vaccine. If there is an outbreak and you have not received the influenza vaccine, you may be redeployed by the site or, when appropriate, dismissed from the clinical site for the safety of yourself and patients. If you are dismissed from your clinical internship for more than one week, your situation will be reviewed by the EAC. See the Attendance Policy. If your internship is delayed for any reason, it may postpone your graduation date, eligibility dates to complete licensing exams, and may have implications for tuition and fee charges.

You must provide a copy of a valid certificate in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the Basic Rescuer (C) level before being permitted to enroll in the MScPT program. You must complete this course between August 1 of the year you are accepted into the program and the first day of class, regardless of when your current certification expires. These requirements are set by our clinical partners and must be met so that you are able to participate in clinical practice. You will be required to complete your re-certification again at the start of year 2 of the program. 

As all physical therapy students undertake significant portions of their education in settings with exposure to vulnerable populations, you are required to complete and submit the results of a Vulnerable Sector Screening Check.

This process must be initiated through your local police service and must be completed prior to registration in the Physical Therapy program. Costs incurred will be at your own expense.  If you live in Toronto contact ptclined@utoronto.ca to get the portal information to apply for the VSS.  If you live outside of Toronto, you can contact ptclined@utoronto.ca for a letter to state why you require a VSS for the program if required by your local police department.

Your record check must include search results from local police records, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP’s) Canadian Police Information Centre and the Pardoned Sex Offender Records. This high level of record check is required for those who work with children and other vulnerable populations.  The Department of Physical Therapy also requests disclosure of any convictions in any jurisdiction and/or any findings of professional misconduct.

The Department of Physical Therapy reserves the right to revoke an offer of admission or cancel registration based on a review of this information.

If you have ever been convicted of a criminal offence for which you have not received a pardon, you are strongly urged to consult with your provincial College of Physiotherapists for advice about eventual eligibility for registration to practice physiotherapy.

You must submit a signed copy of the Clinical Internship Catchment Acknowledgment Form before you can register in year 1 of the program.

You must submit a signed copy of the WSIB Student Declaration of Understanding for Students on Program Related Placements

Regulation requires health and safety awareness training for every worker and supervisor under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Under Bill 18, anyone completing an unpaid work term is considered an employee and needs to complete Health and Safety Education Modules. Please download the instructions for completed the mandatory Safety Training modules. You need to complete safety training modules and submit the following prior to being registered in year 1 of the program:

• Hand Hygiene Module
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Module
• Workplace Violence and Harassment Module
• Privacy and Cyber Security Module
• Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• College of Physiotherapist of Ontario: Infection Control and Equipment Maintenance Standard
• As verification of completion of these modules, you must submit:
  • results page from each of the 4 TAHSN eLearning Modules (hand hygiene, WHMIS, workplace violence and harassment, and privacy and cyber security)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training “Certificate of Completion”
  • AODA “Certificate of Completion”
  • Signed copy that declaration form that confirms you have read the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario: Infection Control and Equipment Maintenance Standard

You may also be required to complete site-specific modules prior to starting an internship course.

No, you can have either two or three doses, but you must get the lab immunity test as proof of immunity.

No. However, COVID-19 vaccination is strongly recommended. Students who choose not to have the COVID-19 vaccination should be aware that they may be limited from clinical placements at sites without documentation of vaccination as some clinical sites still require COVID-19 vaccination.

The flu shot is not available until Fall/Winter, which is why it is not mandatory to complete on the form. Some sites might require you to get this vaccination once it is available.

You are required to have Standard First Aid and CPR level C. We accept hybrid courses or in-person courses, but not online-only courses.

We ask all students to complete First Aid and CPR in August, regardless of prior courses that may still be active.

The reason we ask students to do this in August is so that we know you will all be current with First Aid and CPR for the entire first year in the program. You will have to re-certify annually (in the summer before Year 2). We know that some of these certifications are valid for three years, but with 150 students all with different dates, and a requirement from many clinical sites that students complete this course annually, we have found that making everyone start from the same place ensures we can confidently tell sites that our students are up-to-date.

Yes. Our hospital sites also require that students re-certify their CPR every year. The recertification prior to starting Year 2 will need to include the practical component for Adult, Child and Infant CPR and relief of choking.

Forms should be uploaded by the first day of school (September 2, 2025).

Yes. We have a commitment to our sites that all students have cleared VSS prior to any clinical visits. Since we start clinical visits in September, and they continue throughout the year, having this documentation by the same deadline facilitates this process for us. Note that you might have to redo your VSS throughout the program as per specific site requirements.

Yes. We have a commitment to our sites that all students have completed their training prior to any clinical visits. Having you all trained by the same deadline facilitates this process for us. Relearning the content frequently will be of benefit to you.

To register for year 1 of the MScPT program, you must:

1. Accept your offer of admission
2. Clear the conditions on your offer of admission
3. Meet the requirements for registration by submitting the following items before the first day of class:
   1. Full immunization record
   2. Valid certificate in standard first aid and CPR (level C)
   3. Police Services Vulnerable Sector Screening
   4. signed Clinical Internship Catchment form
   5. completed WSIB form
   6. successful safety training results  
4. Make or defer your minimum tuition payment

To register for year 2 of the MScPT program, you must:

1. Submit the Year 2 Health Form
2. Submit your CPR and first aid re-certification (required annually)
3. Make or defer your minimum tuition payment