Patients report being satisfied with private musculoskeletal physical therapy when therapists educate effectively and facilitate shared decision making.

Background: Overall satisfaction with physical therapy care can improve patient adherence and active involvement in their management. However, which individual factors most influence satisfaction with private practice physical therapy care is not well established.

Objective: To identify which aspects of the private practice musculoskeletal physical therapy experience best delineated "completely satisfied" and "dissatisfied patients".

The first year of private practice - new graduate physiotherapists are highly engaged and satisfied but edging toward burnout.

Background: A greater understanding of physiotherapists' work-life during their first year of work in private practice, and whether their experiences are mediated by personal traits, may provide valuable information to support their transition and retention.

Objectives: Describe the first year of practice for graduate physiotherapists in terms of employee engagement, job satisfaction, performance, and burnout, and evaluate the relationship between these measures and personal traits (resilience, grit, mind-set).

Design: One-year longitudinal mixed-methods study.