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Modules

• Year one

Overview

This preclinical phase of the course is where you will be prepared to enter physiotherapy clinical education. You will be taught the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to assess and treat a variety of client groups within diverse healthcare settings. Simulation, service-user involvement, interprofessional activities and innovative pedagogies will enable you to apply this learning and gain feedback in a supportive environment facilitating a smooth transition into the clinical environment.

Modules

• Pathophysiology

• Anatomy of the Upper Quadrant

• Anatomy of the Lower Quadrant

• Introduction to Physiotherapy Assessment

• Physiotherapy Intervention and Management

• Movement Analysis, Physical Activity and Exercise

• Health and Wellbeing in the Community

• Research and Study Skills

• Year two

Overview

The course provides a total of 30 weeks practice-based education, well in excess of the minimum required by the CSP. During your second year, you will complete 3 out of 5 clinical placements offering you a wide range of educational and professional transformative learning opportunities. We visit all of our students whislt out on placement to ensure they are meeting their learning objectives and support them and our clinical colleagues in the exciting process of transferring theory into practice. We have strong partnerships with practice to ensure placement quality and capacity. These partnerships are within both NHS and private settings, ensuring you a wide range of clinical experience representative of our diverse professional practice.

The CSP requires that placements should make progressively greater demands on students and this is reflected in the learning outcomes and assessment of the placement modules. Placements are positioned within the programme calendar to allow for blocks of university-based study that support your advancement through these placement modules to support you in becoming an autonomous qualified practitioner.

Modules

• Decision Making in Physiotherapy

• Entering Practice (Placement 1)

• Clinical Reasoning for Physiotherapists

• Exploring Values Based Physiotherapy in Practice

• Becoming a Researcher

• Progressing Practice (Placement 2)

• Developing towards Autonomous Practice (Placement 3)

• Final year

Overview

Employment and your future career will be at the forefront of your mind as you approach the end of your course. The final year modules facilitate students’ preparation for entry into the physiotherapy profession. A dedicated module exploring employability, enterprise and entrepreneurism will help to equip you with the skills to secure your first job and flourish professionally within public, private or third-tier organisations. Another module aims to support the development of the leadership behaviours and management skills required to function effectively as a newly qualified healthcare professional within a multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality care. In addition, you will complete your last two clinical placements, culminating with the final placement which provides the opportunity to perfom in a supervised environment at the level of a newly qualified physiotherapist.

You will also undertake a detailed research project, conducting an investigation in an area of interest. Past students, for example, have conducted experiments in physical activities, such as breathing or jumping, to analyse electromyography (EMG) activity of muscles. Others have focused on qualitative research, conducting focus groups with footballers or current students, for instance, to understand different attitudes to treating people with a muscle injury or communication difficulties. We are proud that a number of students have disseminated their research at large physiotherapy conferences. There are a suite of research modules throughout the course that will prepare you to engage in your own research and you will have a dedicated supervisor to assist you in the process.

Modules

• Engaging in Quality Practice (Placement 4)

• Entrepreneurialism in the Workplace

• Advancing Research Skills

• Exploring Physiotherapy Practice

• Transition to Autonomous Practice (Placement 5)

• Dissertation

• Leadership and Management for Healthcare Professionals