Physiotherapy (with foundation year)

Foundation Year
The foundation year course helps you develop the necessary skills for degree-level study. In addition, you will also explore fundamental knowledge in areas such as anatomy, physiology and pathology, professional practice and approaches to health and wellbeing.

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year one of the degree onwards will be from our Coventry University campus.

Degree
Physiotherapy is a career where you can play a vital role in supporting people to live the best life they can, maximising their health, wellbeing and quality of life through movement, exercise, manual therapy and education.

The future of the profession is changing and the course has been designed with this in mind. In addition to preparing you for clinical practice, you will explore entrepreneurship skills, your role in disease prevention and get to grips with technological advances.

• Professionally accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), enabling you to apply to practice as a physiotherapist in the UK (please see our website for more information).

• Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care. You’ll learn to effectively critique evidence sources and make safe and effective decisions.

• Learn to collaborate and thrive as a physiotherapist across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.

• Focus on one module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.

• You will complete five placements with a total clinical contact time that meets the recommendations for membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).

• All eligible learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.

Why you should study this course
Coventry University has a long-standing history of providing outstanding physiotherapy education. As well as encouraging you to become an innovative and creative physiotherapist, we aim to equip you to meet the ever-changing demands of healthcare, wherever you choose to take your future career.

Foundation Year

• Supports you to gain the academic skills required for degree-level study.

• Provides a grounding in key areas of anatomy, physiology, health and wellbeing.

Degree

• Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity as a physiotherapist from day one.

• Our teaching approach is hands-on and practical. In addition to practice and simulation, we may involve service users in the delivery of the physiotherapy course who can act as models within demonstrations of physiotherapy interventions.

• Employability and entrepreneurial skills are embedded throughout the course. You can explore a range of placement opportunities from the NHS to sports clubs, schools and the community, so you can get a good idea of where you might take your future career.

• Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.

• The diversity of our learner community is a key strength, with our learners bringing a wealth of previous experience from different backgrounds.

Gain the skills and experience to transform lives, communities and the future of healthcare delivery. We aim to empower you to become a stand-out healthcare professional, capable, competent and confident in your field and role within the wider healthcare team.

While continuously developing your sense of professional identity as a physiotherapist from day one, you'll also collaborate with learners from other School of Health and Care fields, learning in an environment that puts inclusivity, diversity and dignity at its heart.

For latest course and accreditation information please check the Coventry University website.