Allied Health Articles

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01 Aug 2025

Considering an Allied Health Career? Here’s How to Get Started as an Assistant

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Wondering if allied health is the right career path? Find out what it involves and how to become an assistant in this growing healthcare field.

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30 Jul 2025

How to Become a Physiotherapy Assistant in Australia?

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Interested in physiotherapy support work? Learn the steps to become a physiotherapy assistant, from qualifications to skills, salary, and job opportunities.

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28 Jul 2025

How to Become a Nutrition and Dietetics Assistant

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Are you passionate about helping people understand the relationship between food and health?

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25 Jul 2025

What is a Medical Imaging Assistant?

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Thinking of becoming a Medical Imaging Assistant? Learn more about the role, salaries, essential skills and tasks and duties with Foundation Education.

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21 Jul 2025

Occupational Therapy vs Physiotherapy: a Guide for Allied Health Assistants

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Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physical Therapy (PT) are often confused for one another.

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18 Jul 2025

What Is the Role of a Physiotherapy Assistant?

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What is Physiotherapy used for? Well, it’s for sports injuries, right? Wrong. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

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16 Jul 2025

What Do Allied Health Assistants Do?

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Start making a difference and give your career the boost it’s been waiting for as a qualified Allied Health Assistant. With such a broad range of specialties, what does an allied health assistant actually do?

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07 Jul 2025

What does an Occupational Therapy Assistant do?

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Are you interested in becoming an occupational therapist? Foundation Education shares what they do to help you decide if it's the right career for you.

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07 Mar 2025

Top reasons to become an Allied Health Assistant

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Being an Allied Health Assistant is more than just a job. Here are just a few things that make it an incredible career choice.

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03 Jan 2025

It can be a tough gig, but healthcare is Eleshia’s passion

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It’s Eleshia’s passion for helping others that drives her decade-long healthcare career. Now she’s sharing that passion with students at Foundation Education.

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11 Apr 2023

Personality traits that will help you succeed as an Allied Health Assistant

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If working in Allied Health sounds like just the right combination of meaning and job security, let’s find out whether it’s a suitable career pathway for you.

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05 Dec 2022

Allied Health Industry Future Outlook

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From nutrition and dietetics to physiotherapy and medical imaging, a wide range of professions make up the allied health sector. The industry is growing rapidly, offering increased job opportunities to graduates of allied health courses.