They compensate by charging their patients more. In excess of 1,000 NPA members work in hospitals. Among the most important tasks they perform are mobility training after surgery, breathing exercises, pain therapy, and relaxation. The different counties employ 1,500 of NAP s members. They work in health centres, in nurseries, in schools, and in the patient s homes.
Physiotherapists also work in the fields of education, research and administration.
Education I n order to become a physiotherapist in Norway you need to study for three years in an institution of higher education, and also have one year of mandatory practise. Around 300 physiotherapists are educated in Norway each year. Traditionally, many Norwegians have studied physiotherapy abroad. This trend is going to change from 2001, because the government has decided to withdraw grants to students who wish to study physiotherapy abroad.