BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

This module is an orientation to foundational human sciences, normal anatomy and physiology, and the major theories and frameworks linked with a biopsychosocial conceptualisation of health. You will gain a foundation on which profession-specific content will develop, focusing increasingly on abnormal human sciences in common and then more complex and rare conditions.

The module will be focused on the development of academic and professional skills for transition to higher education. Through a blended learning approach, you will be guided in how to develop your ability to write and communicate according to academic standards. A wide range of different activities will be used to assess and develop skills including reading, writing, information technology, library searching and problem-solving.  

This module explores the concept and practice of inter-professional working. You will be given opportunities to reflect on developing a professional identity as an allied healthcare professional (AHP) before exploring the roles and responsibilities of the range of other health and social care professionals and organisations that support care in community and hospital settings.

In this module, you will learn about the principles of a physiotherapy assessment including both subjective and objective information, ensuring a holistic assessment process (biological, psychological and social factors). Your learning will be facilitated by cases for simple musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and neurological conditions. You will also learn about treatment options, using clinical reasoning from the assessment process to structure treatment appropriately.

This module aims to expose students to physiotherapy practice, the multi-disciplinary healthcare environment and provides the opportunity to apply their classroom learning to clinical practice. You will develop your communication, interviewing and clinical reasoning skills in a simulated and in a practice environment.

This module will advance your knowledge and understanding of the scientific method. You'll learn how to apply systematic approaches to identifying, critiquing and applying the evidence-base for practice. The module will also link policy and theoretical frameworks for sustainable allied health professional practice to the use of health and care technologies that work, and the de-adoption of interventions that do not, and the complexities of closing the gaps between evidence and practice. 

In this module you'll revisit, at a deeper level, key body systems, their anatomy and physiology, and you'll explore some newer systems. You'll develop your knowledge of the science, principles and language of movement in the musculoskeletal system and how this relates to the nervous, digestive and endocrine systems. There is a mixture of lectures, seminars and practical work.

This module aims to extend your understanding of the wider professional, personal, theoretical and contextual influences on assessment and decision making and the use of outcome measures to evidence effectiveness of interventions. The module will build on foundation skills to advance understanding and acquisition of further skills required by a physiotherapist, to effectively and efficiently manage and treat service-users with a range of conditions that may be met in practice.

This module reinforces the importance of the physiotherapy contribution to health promotion and illness prevention. Attention will be paid to both individual-level interventions embedded within routine practice, in additional to physiotherapists’ engagement in service and system-level of initiatives, such as exercise  prescription. 

This module aims to build on the students’ previous experience of practice learning and cement safe practice within the profession specific ethics. Medical communication and interviewing skills will further be honed and built on from the previous Level 4. 

This module is linked to the leadership pillar of professional practice, providing you with the opportunity to link the improvement of health and care services to your personal and professional leadership development. As an interprofessional module, you will be able to work with students from other professional groups to bring profession-specific and transferable skills and insights to resolve real-world challenges. 

The physiotherapy profession is ever evolving and new practices are developed often driven by technological advances. This module will enhance your awareness and critical evaluation of technological advances and alternatives to ‘mainstream’ therapies and approaches currently available, in relation to incorporating them into your practice. It will also support ongoing development of skills for workload management.

This module aims to build your understanding of the complex needs and requirements of service users with complex or multiple conditions, and how physiotherapists can work as part of multidisciplinary or multiagency teams to meet wider service user needs.

The aim of this module is for you to integrate your knowledge and experiences within simulated practice and the final placements (3a and 3b) to provide evidence you are fit for future autonomous practice and to meet the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (SOPs) for Physiotherapy. The SOPs require you to draw on and apply a range of knowledge and skills acquired throughout the programme to inform and sustain safe, competent and high quality professional practice in context.