Physiotherapy, BSc

​​The teaching team are looking forward to meeting you on Monday 14 September, in the morning for a ’Welcome to the School’ and in the afternoon for you to meet your new cohort and​ the teaching team. You will also meet your named Personal Academic Tutor (PAT).

On Tuesday morning you will have an all-important Occupational Health appointment, and, in the afternoon, we will provide you with important information regarding the course i.e., communication channels and where to find help, both academic and wellbeing information will be introduced. There will be ample time for your questions – please bring them along! 

Occupational Health, DBS & Placement Preparation

At this early stage I would like to draw your attention to the following 2 important aspects; your Occupational Health appointment and your extended DBS clearance.

You will be allocated an Occupational Health appointment slot during welcome week. This is important to attend. This is your opportunity to discuss any health, or wellbeing concerns you may have. Our students are required to make a declaration of good health and good conduct on a yearly basis. This is an HCPC requirement.

In addition, you will receive a mail asking you to facilitate your extended DBS check, again this is a requirement from the HCPC. I must stress that both the above needs to be in place for you to be able to go on Placement, even the SIM placement.

Placement Information

InPlace

Once your first placement has been allocated, you will automatically receive an email with instructions on how to sign in to InPlace and access your placement information.

Occupational Health

Students need to obtain occupational health clearance to ensure they are fit to practice. You will be prompted via your ‘MyRecord’ to complete a clearance check and directed to an online health questionnaire.

Once you have submitted your questionnaire, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment appropriate to your placement requirements. We use an external company called OH Works for this. Ahead of your appointment, please gather any vaccination documentation (paper or electronic) from your GP or workplace to take to your occupational health appointment.

Your OH vaccination appointment will take place on Tuesday 15 September 2026 in Ag54 (Anselm Building, Canterbury Campus). Please see the below table for the exact time of your appointment:

Surname	Date	Time	Location
A - D	15 September 2026	11.15 - 11.30	Ag54
E - I	15 September 2026	11.30 - 11.45	Ag54
J - L	15 September 2026	11.45 - 12.00	Ag54
M - O	15 September 2026	12.00 - 12.15	Ag54
P - T	15 September 2026	12.15 - 12.30	Ag54
U - Z	15 September 2026	12.30 - 12.45	Ag54

For enquiries about your occupational health clearance please email cccustudents@ohworks.co.uk or phone 01227 286288.

Please note, that if you are an S25 Health Foundation Year student, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment.

Uniform

On placement, you will be required to wear a uniform as part of your Readiness for Practice. Important information regarding your uniform can be found on the uniform policy.

Your uniform is provided to you free of charge and is expected to last you the duration of your course.

You do not need to order your placement uniform before you start your course.

Uniform ordering is staggered by course. This means that students on different courses will be invited to order their uniform at different times. If you hear that students on another course have already been invited, please don't worry – you will be contacted when it is your course's turn.

The Placement Management Team will email you with instructions on how to order your uniform in plenty of time before your first placement.

These instructions will be sent to your CCCU email account. Towards the end of August, once you have been invited to register for your course, we will email you with information on how to set up your CCCU email account.

Please note that you will not be able to order your uniform until you have completed all of your registration tasks.

Placement Badge

On placement you will be required to wear a placement badge, which will have your course title and preferred first name obtained from your MyRecord account. This placement badge is provided to you free of charge. You will be supplied with your placement badge once you have started your course. Please note, this is not your student ID card. 

Your Course

​​You will start Semester One (Advent) with 2​ Interprofessional (IP) Modules:

• Academic Skills
• Human Science

For each of these there is an on-line Interprofessional and a Physiotherapy specific in-person component once per week. The named module leads for these are currently Nicki Mcrae and Helen Oakes.

In addition, you will be starting with your Physiotherapy Clinical Placement module.

For this, you will do extensive placement preparation comprising of skills such as Subjective Interviewing as well as mandatory training (MT) that is required before you can go on Placement in January.

Most of the lecturing staff will be teaching specific skills for this module. Your first placement is a SIMULATED placement and our Placement Lead, Nicki Mcrae leads on this. The SIM Placement takes place from mid-January to mid-February.

The first week of lectures will include a Module Introduction. This is important to attend as it clarifies the Module Aims and Outcomes together with the Assessment Brief and Submission dates. In fact, attendance and engagement are the most important drivers in student success. In all instances, if you have any questions about a specific module, you can contact the Module Lead (ML) directly.

Hot Tip: make your CCCU email address the default on your phone and activate push notifications – we make important Announcements regarding Modules on BlackBoard and send it as mail to students.

Blackboard

At CCCU we use Blackboard as our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Each module has its own Module Board and is your first port of call for any information on the Module. It will have the Module Handbook, Module timetable and most importantly, all information about assessment dates and assessment briefs. This is also where we put all teaching materials, including, but not limited to recommended handbooks, pre-reading, PowerPoints covering weekly topics and our ReCap recordings.

Learning Skills Hub

There are several success modules available on the CCCU website, we highly recommend visiting the library webpages and familiarising yourself with the Learning Skills Team. They are available for one-to-one help throughout the academic year, and you can book your session with them directly.

Support

Of course there is the FUN side of University Life as well! During welcome week there are many opportunities for you to meet and attend the many societies and sporting events here at CCCU. We have an active Student CSP society, and we even had a Second-year student start a new Anatomy society this year!

We would like to reassure you about the help we have available for you here at CCCU – from the Module Lead for any questions about specific modules, the Placement Lead for any questions regarding your placement, your PAT to help signpost you to the most appropriate advice and help. We also have an excellent Student Health and Wellbeing team to assist you. Come and join us for Welcome Week – it is essential to getting you off to a good start!

We look forward to welcoming you!

We do not require you to do any pre - reading before you join us but the below websites will be useful for your courses:

• For the latest news in Physiotherapy

• For the Health and Care Professions Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students

• NHS Values