Physiotherapy BSc (Hons)

This Physiotherapy course has been developed to provide you with the key skills you will need to embark on a successful career in physiotherapy either within the NHS or in other health and fitness settings. When you successfully complete the course you will be able to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to allow you to work as a physiotherapist in the UK.

Youll learn through a combination of methods including lectures seminars tutorials practical classes presentations and reflection as well spending some periods on clinical practice placements. Youll also learn through real-life simulations and by exposure to state-of-the-art equipment. The comprehensive curriculum that youll study has been approved by the HCPC and youll gain the core skills needed to assess and diagnose patients problems caused by accident illness or ageing and to formulate treatment plans and implement exercise physical activity and therapeutic treatments.

Studying this course will give you the skills needed to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and alongside other clinical therapists with the NHS or beyond in a range of settings.

This programme is underpinned by the definition described by The World Federation of Physical Therapists (WCPT) and the core values stated by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. WFPT describes Physiotherapy profession as: is a health care profession concerned with human function and movement and maximising physical potential. It is concerned with identifying and maximising quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion prevention treatment/intervention habilitation and rehabilitation. Described by the CSP Physiotherapy is a science-based profession and takes a whole person approach to health and wellbeing which includes the patients general lifestyle. At the core is the patients involvement in their own care through education awareness empowerment and participation in their treatment.

The values at the heart of physiotherapy practice are: Accountability for decision making and actions; Advocacy; Altruism; Commitment to excellence; Compassion and caring; Fulfilment of duty of care and social responsibility; Honesty and integrity (CSP 2019).

Physiotherapy core values are central to the curriculum and emphasis is placed on the unique and individual client-centred assessment and management informing the content and configuration of the curriculum (rather than bio-medical and service-led patterns). The programme adopts a Spiral curriculum design that emphasises building on prior knowledge. This means concepts are re-visited with increasing complexity in learning continuing throughout the programme. It is divided into themes that require further depth as students progress through the course.

These themes are :

• Physiotherapy: Philosophy Values and Professional Role
• Thinking Critically and Practicing Evidence-Informed Physiotherapy
• Concepts Theory and Knowledge underpinning Physiotherapy
• Physiotherapy in Practice

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country