EduGlobal Associates
Clinical education that opens the world to physical therapy students.
Eight to twelve weeks in renowned rehabilitation centers across Italy, Switzerland, and Luxembourg — learning excellent clinical skills inside a healthcare system built on universal, comprehensive, constitutionally guaranteed care.
About EduGlobal
A non-profit on a mission to transform physical therapy by opening the world to students.
Since 2006, we've placed students from CAPTE-accredited US DPT programs into clinical experiences in Italy and Western Europe. Our Italian clinical instructors speak English and are trained on the electronic CPI, including CPI 3.0.
The work isn't only about clinical hours. It's about treating European patients alongside European clinicians, navigating a different healthcare delivery system, and discovering how care looks when it's organized around universal access. Students leave with sharper hands, broader judgment, and a perspective that follows them through the rest of their careers.
Why students choose EduGlobal
Hands-on practice, multidisciplinary teams, cultural immersion.
Hands-on experience
Real caseloads, real patients
Develop manual therapy, exercise prescription, and interpersonal communication skills with diverse caseloads — orthopedic, neurological, sports, pediatric, pelvic floor, cardiopulmonary.
Multidisciplinary teams
Learn from European clinicians
Work alongside physiotherapists, physicians, and rehabilitation specialists trained in approaches you won't see at home — McKenzie, osteopathic manual therapy, isokinetic testing.
Cultural immersion
Live where you learn
Live in the towns where you train. Treat local patients. Spend weekends exploring nearby cities. The clinical experience and the cultural one are inseparable.
Where you'll go
Sites in Italy, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
Twenty-four partnered facilities across Tuscany, Umbria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Veneto, Ticino, and Luxembourg City — each chosen for the expertise of its clinicians and their commitment to teaching.
From recent students
What students take home.
10/10 — the site was excellent, the people were beyond expectations, and I learned more than I could have hoped for.
Christopher Garcia, SPT
Belmont University
Cabinet de Kine Frecon Aroldi · Summer 2025
The site was amazing. I loved both of my CIs and learned a lot about Italian culture and how it affects patient care and values.
Nina Soffer, SPT
Drexel University
Istituto Clinico Tiberino · Winter 2025
The instructors clearly showed their skill set and knowledge, and the caseload included a wide range of patients and diagnoses.
Morgan Snyder, SPT
Widener University
Ospedale di Portogruaro · Summer 2025
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