Physiotherapy

Are you wondering how to become a physiotherapist who provides effective physical, psychological and social care? Are you driven to help others and improve their quality of life? Would you like to use scientific knowledge to maximise people's ability to move and function?

Our physiotherapy degree is designed to equip you with the training, skills and professional qualifications required for you to become a practising physiotherapist accredited by the CSP and registered with the HCPC.

Course Overview
Working alongside qualified expert physiotherapists, you will learn profession-specific skills which meet the needs of your future employers. During your physiotherapy degree you'll complete 1,000 hours of work-based practice, taking advantage of our exceptional industry links. You will have the opportunity to take part in a flexible self-directed placement in Year 2 that allows you to explore areas of your specific interest.

Our industry-experienced tutors will provide you with theoretical backing and hands-on opportunities in our physiotherapy and simulation suites. This simulated learning will enhance your confidence and enable you to apply your learning in safe scenarios, before progressing to real-life cases. Whilst learning, you will be able to work with other Institute of Health students, as you would in a professional role.

On completion of this physiotherapy course, you will be eligible to apply for membership to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This will open up a variety of employment opportunities in the NHS, private and sporting sectors.

On this course you will...

• Train as a physiotherapist, developing your skills and preparing for clinical environments with practical sessions facilitated by experienced staff in a range of simulated clinical environments.

• Learn the practical skills needed in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal, respiratory and neurological conditions.

• Complete a range of practice placements within various settings allowing you to experience the nature of the profession and the different specialisms which it covers.

• Get to know your classmates well and receive close tuition, support and guidance from our friendly lecturing team.

• Be able to apply for membership to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health and Care Professions Council upon graduation, allowing you to become an autonomous physiotherapist practitioner.

What You Will Learn
This programme will equip you with the skills you need to practice whether you choose to work in the NHS or the independent sector. You will have the opportunity to experience physiotherapy in a variety of practice placements.

First-year modules will give you the foundation for future study by focusing on the core knowledge and skills that are fundamental to physiotherapy practice.

In your second year, you will build on previous learning to apply your knowledge and skills to a variety of scenarios both in the classroom and within practice.

Your final year prepares you for the start of your career as a graduate physiotherapist. You will learn to integrate previous learning into more complex scenarios and develop management and leadership skills. The emphasis is on developing as an independent, lifelong learner culminating in undertaking a project.

Year one

• Core Physiotherapy Assessment and Management Skills
• Personal And Professional Development
• Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Movement
• Pathophysiology For Contemporary Physiotherapy
• Introduction to Research

Year two

• Musculoskeletal Pathology and Treatment
• Neurological Pathology and Treatment
• Cardiorespiratory pathology and treatment
• Physiotherapy Practice 1
• Physiotherapy Practice 2
• Project Proposal

Year three

• Management Of Complex Conditions
• Contemporary issues and advancing physiotherapy
• Leadership and the global practitioner
• Physiotherapy Practice 3
• Physiotherapy Practice 4
• Research Project

Your assessments will provide a creative and balanced strategy across the programme and provide a range of engaging and challenging opportunities. Individual assessments are designed to test learning outcomes. We aim to provide a varied approach to assessment including:

• Practical skills assessments
• Presentations
• Posters
• Academic writing
• Critical reflection
• Portfolio
• Practice placement assessments
  Practice placements are assessed using continuous assessment via the Common Assessment Tool (CAT). This is an assessment document, based on the HCPC standards of practice, and is shared between all the higher education Physiotherapy education providers in the North West of England. This ensures a high level of standardisation across the region.

Summative assessments
Summative assessments are authentic and aligned to module learning outcomes and programme aims. Summative assessment encourages progressive development through feedback and reflection.

Summative assessments will generally occur at the end of each semester. However, the timetable has been created to ensure that there is a spread of assessments across the year, providing a realistic and manageable timetable. To ensure assessment is equitable for everyone, we have a departmental policy ‘Ensuring Assessment is Fair’, which ensures that you can see how your marks are awarded and how marks from the cohort are moderated both internally and by the external examiner.

Formative assessments
Formative assessments are a key feature of your academic journey. It is work which helps to inform or become part of your final ‘summative’ assessment, and the nature of it varies across modules. Formative work may include in‐class or on‐line activities such as presenting draft assignments. Peer and self‐assessment are also used to give you rapid feedback on formative tasks.

Everything that you undertake, and the products of that learning, are embedded through active participation and formative opportunities for dialogue and feedback. The formative work is developmental and prepares you for summative assessment work.