Physiotherapy Pre-registration

Academic modules allow you to develop strong core assessment and treatments skills and a deeper knowledge of key areas such as exercise prescription and health promotion practice.Integrating the core practice areas of cardiovascular respiratory, neurology and musculoskeletal encourages you to think holistically about your patients.

Clinical practice elements are interspersed between academic modules enabling you to put your learning into practice and consolidating and further developing your knowledge and skills.

Learning Methods

Staff members use a variety of active learning methods. This means that you are rarely simply sitting listening in lectures. In class you will be engaging with theory to discuss how it relates in practice, developing clinical reasoning skills through working on case studies or in practical classes. Simulated learning opportunities, where you work with volunteer patients, provide a stepped approach to you moving into the real clinical environment. Tutorial and workshop classes are small, typically around 27 students, for practical classes this reduces to 14.

Activity Summary

Year 1

• Seminars - 49students per group,100 hours, 4 per week
• Tutorial - 49students per group, 95 hours, 4 per week
• Project supervision - 4-8 students per group, 8 hours per week
• Practical class or workshop - 25students per group, 155 hours, 6 per week
• Independent Study - 570 hours, 22 hours per week
• Placement / Work Based Learning - 1 student per group, 384 hours, 32 hours per week over 12 weeks

How long is a Physiotherapy - Pre-registration course?

The Physiotherapy - Pre-registration MSc can be completed in 2 years, in which the opportunity to receive the necessary skills are obtained.

Staff Delivering on This Course

This course is delivered by experienced Physiotherapists who are all registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. Staff members are committed to providing the best possible learning experience for you and ensure that teaching methods have a sound research underpinning. Many staff members are engaged in research which relates either to professional practice or the methods used to teaching on the programme. They have presented innovations used in the course or School of Health Sciences since it began in 2014.

Assessment

Typically students are assessed eachyear:

Year 1

• 2 written assignments, including essays
• 1 group oral presentation
• 2practical skills assessments

Year 2

• 1 written assignment and infographic
• 1 dissertation
• 1 oral presentation

Feedback

We aim to provide you with feedback within 20 working days of hand-in for all written exams, coursework and practical exams.

Independent Study

A significant portion of this course is underpinned by independent learning, and you will be expected to be responsible for managing your coursework, reading and other learning activities appropriately. You will be given some directed study to undertake independently but will be expected to investigate more widely on your own.

Placements

You will undertake six placements which are spread over the duration of the course. The first three placements are 6 weeks in length, the remaining 3 are 5 weeks duration. The final placement is an elective which is arranged by you; this can be undertaken in any country if the required conditions are met.

Please note if you are a student from the USA who is planning to apply for a Federal Loan, none of your placements can take place in the USA. This is in order to comply with the requirement of the FERPA.

Study Abroad

There is the opportunity to undertake the final placement abroad.

Job Prospects

Students who complete their MSc (Pre-registration) Physiotherapy degree at RGUand wish to pursue working within the United Statescan apply to upgrade their MSc to a Doctorate of Physiotherapy (DPT).