Physiotherapy

Course information

Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) UCAS code: B160 www.coventry.ac.uk/ug/B160

Study option: 3 years full-time

Overview

We believe becoming a physiotherapist offers the opportunity for a challenging, rewarding and satisfying career. You will make a real difference to the quality of life for your clients, enhancing their health and wellbeing by restoring functional movement.

Accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), this course seeks to provide the skills, knowledge and experience to provide safe, effective physiotherapy practice, enabling you to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) on graduation.

One feature of our course is that your skills development and essential learning takes place in your first year, before you go on placements in the second and third year of your degree, aiming to ensure you are well prepared and ‘ready to go’ by the time you enter professional settings.

You’ll study in the award winning Alison Gingell Building which features dedicated laboratories for anatomy, electrotherapy and manual skills, an operating theatre, hospital wards, critical care settings, community housing and other real-life environments relevant to practice.

Coventry University is ranked 10th for Physiotherapy in The Complete University Guide 2020.

Indicative course structure

Year 1: ƒ Pathophysiology ƒ Anatomy of the Upper Quadrant ƒ Anatomy of the Lower Quadrant ƒ Introduction to Physiotherapy Assessment ƒ Physiotherapy Intervention and Management ƒ Movement Analysis, Physical Activity and Exercise ƒ Health and Wellbeing in the Community ƒ Research and Study Skills Year 2: ƒ Decision Making in Physiotherapy Practice ƒ Entering Practice (Placement 1) ƒ Clinical Reasoning for Physiotherapists ƒ Exploring Values-Based Physiotherapy in Practice ƒ Becoming a Researcher ƒ Progressing Practice (Placement 2) ƒ Developing Towards Autonomous Practice (Placement 3) Final year: ƒ Engaging in Quality Practice (Placement 4) ƒ Entrepreneurialism in the Workplace ƒ Advanced Research Skills ƒ Exploring Physiotherapy Practice ƒ Transition to Autonomous Practice (Placement 5) ƒ Dissertation ƒ Leadership and Management for Healthcare Professionals

Accreditation

Fully accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)*. For more details on accreditations and renewals, see page 12.

*The university’s accreditation with professional bodies for each course is subject to regular review and renewal. Whilst the university hopes and anticipates that any renewal would be successful, if the renewal were to be unsuccessful, courses relating to such accreditation would no longer be accredited and we would notify applicants and students as soon as possible.