MSc Physiotherapy

Joint module where you will learn with Occupational Therapy and Dietetics students at the beginning of your course to orientate you to the various systems, policies and professional standards. You will also enhance your reflective skills for effective life long learning. 

You will learn foundational human sciences, anatomy and physiology and key theories and frameworks for health and wellbeing relevant to physiotherapy practice. 

This module will review common methods of inquiry, evaluation and quality improvement in health and social practice and critically discuss the application to sustainable practice.

This module will follow the previous modules and facilitate your learning of the practical application of physiotherapy assessment skills such as enhanced communication and safe and effective therapeutic handling skills 

At the end of the first year, you will harness your prior foundation learning and physiotherapy assessment skills to develop skills of shared decision making with service users as partners. You will develop understanding of the personal and contextual influences on behaviour and participation to develop strategies to work effectively with service users for person centred goals. 

You will complete two placements which are both five weeks long to help facilitate and apply your learning with support in practice. 

This module will build on skills developed in your first year to design and carry out a quality improvement project in liaison with local health sector experts. The project will include data collection, analysis and report writing to facilitate change in practice. 

You will learn about specific fields of physiotherapy practice and areas of specialism. You will critically appraise the role of technology to complement and support person centred approaches to physiotherapy. 

In this joint module you will learn with Occupational Therapy and Dietetics students that will be centred on a contemporary issue in physiotherapy or healthcare professional practice. You will have an opportunity to select an issue relevant to your individually and professionally and explore this in relation to global and sustainable influences.

This module is at the end of your course and builds on all the foundation skills you have learned across the MSc. You will learn how to manage complex situations in physiotherapy, and critical appraise equitable and sustainable solutions to practice.

You will complete three placements which are each 6 weeks long to help facilitate and apply your learning with support in practice.