This course will equip you
with the expertise and
practical skills that you need
to work as a registered
physiotherapist in the private
or public healthcare sector.
You’ll thrive in our supportive
environment and benefit
from clinical placements in
each year.
BSc (Hons)
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is a career where
every day you can make a
difference to people’s lives. It will
be your expertise and empathy
that will help them regain
movement and function following
an injury, illness or other
disability.
Year Three modules
Structure
This is a four-year, full-time honours
degree. You will complete a range of
modules each year, as outlined, and a
research project in Year Four.
Interprofessional Education 3:
Interprofessional Working and Person-
centred Care/ Advancement of Clinical
Management/ Public Health and Health
Promotion/ Practice-based Learning –
Placement 2/ Practice-based Learning
– Placement 3
In Year One you will study the basic and
applied sciences that underpin
physiotherapy. In Years Two and Three
you will develop patient management
and therapeutic skills. Part of your
learning will take place in a variety of real
health and social care settings. You will
work (supported by a registered
physiotherapist) with patients, their
carers and families, and with other health
and social care professionals. These
practice-based placements are
invaluable and will enrich your learning in
all levels of the course. You may be
placed at sites across Scotland, and will
be required to cover any associated
travel and accommodation costs. Teaching, learning and assessment Year Four modules
You will be taught in lectures, seminars,
practical workshops and laboratories.
Outside these timetabled sessions you
will be expected to continue learning
through self-study.You will be assessed
using a range of methods including
practical exams and written course work
at the end of each module or semester.
For full details see the course entry on
our website. Interprofessional Education 4: Political
and Social Contexts/ Applied
Physiotherapy Research Project/
Personal and Professional Development
in Contemporary and Emerging Issues in
Physiotherapy Practice/ Practice-based
Learning – Placement 4/ Practice-based
Learning – Elective Placement
In the final year, you’ll work
collaboratively in small groups on a
research project. All project teams will
have a dedicated supervisor to guide the
process. Interprofessional Education 1: Teams and
Team Working/ Preparing for
Physiotherapy Practice/ Introduction to
Foundations of Health Science/
Progressing Foundations of Health
Science/ Contextualising Physiotherapy:
Self, Health and Wellbeing
We have implemented an
interprofessional education (IPE) focus
within all of our undergraduate healthcare
courses, including this one, to help
produce graduates who are confident in
their own professional identity but with
additional skills that will allow them to
work as effective team members.
Physiotherapy is a demanding course
and we recommend that you research
the career thoroughly and consider work
shadowing before you come to QMU.
Modules
Year One
Year Two modules
Interprofessional Education: Professional
Roles and Interprofessional Teamwork/
Physiotherapy Practice 1:
Neuromusculoskeletal/ Physiotherapy
Practice 2: Cardiorespiratory/
Physiotherapy Practice 3: Neurological
Physiotherapy/ Practice-based Learning
– Placement 1/ Physiotherapy and
Behaviour Change
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The modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2019) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2020. Please
check the website for any updates.