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MSc

Physiotherapy (Pre-registration)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

2 Years

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

Prepare for contemporary physiotherapy practice in the continually evolving Health and Social Care sector on our MSc in Physiotherapy (Pre-registration). Learn in the clinical environment from the first semester, make the essential link between theory and practice from day one, and secure more than 1,000 hours of clinical practice.

Applications for 2023 entry are now closed.

You’ll be taught in our purpose-built rehabilitation and assessment facilities, which include a therapy clinic and movement analysis laboratory.

The overarching course philosophy is to integrate academic and clinical learning, preparing you for the workplace by exploring content through case-based learning.

The course aims to develop leaders in contemporary physiotherapy practice. You’ll be an agent for change in service improvement and innovation - ready to influence the local, national and international health and wellbeing agenda. You’ll also be able to collaborate effectively with service users, carers, health professionals and other agencies as you work to provide high-quality healthcare.

Why study with us

A case-based learning approach integrates the course’s four core themes: competencies for physiotherapy, personal and professional development, society and public health, and research.
All of the core members of the teaching team are Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Physiotherapists and members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Staff who are specialists in a range of clinical and research areas bring current clinical practice, research-informed teaching and clinical research to life in your sessions.
Emphasis is placed on developing a range of professional knowledge, skills, values and behaviours that will enable you to meet the standards of proficiency for physiotherapists as outlined by the HCPC.

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What you’ll do

Various clinical placements are available during your time at the University, in both traditional and contemporary settings. Previous placements include Blackburn Rovers Football Club, Ministry of Defence, and overseas experiences. 
During your time on placement, you’ll work with a variety of professionals and be part of a multi-disciplinary team. Placements help you develop your communication and collaborative working skills to provide optimal patient care and improve health outcomes.
You’ll have timetabled sessions at the University working in partnership with several professions including Nurses and Occupational Therapists. Learning about, with and from those in other healthcare disciplines will help prepare you for real-world clinical settings.

Module overview

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Accreditations

This course is accredited by the CSP – the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK's chartered psychotherapists, physiotherapy students and support workers. After you graduate you will be eligible to apply for membership of the CSP.
This course is accredited and endorsed by the HCPC regulatory body. The HCPC is a regulator of health and care professionals in the UK, approving programmes and setting the standards that individuals must meet in order to become a registered professional.

We have strong links with clinical partners in the North West, in both NHS and non-NHS settings. We organise annual recruitment events where employers from the public (NHS) and private spheres attend and network with you.

There are also links with charitable organisations, international institutions and hospitals, which provide excellent opportunities for you to gain experience of the breadth of contemporary physiotherapy practice.

Future careers

We have excellent employability rates for students graduating from our MSc Physiotherapy course.

Through consultation with our clinical stakeholders we know that there is a high demand for physiotherapists in the North West, especially those with masters-level qualifications.

Equal Consideration Deadline

The Equal Consideration Deadline for this course is 31 January. This is our equal consideration deadline, which means any application that is submitted before this deadline will be considered for September entry - any applications submitted after this date are not guaranteed to be considered for the September start.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£11000 per year

International

Full-time£14500 per year

2023/24

Full-time£11,000 per year

International

Full-time£15,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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You’ll test the development of your knowledge and skills through a range of assessment tasks, with a particular emphasis on real-life assessments. Methods include practical assessments, vivas, presentations, assignments and clinical practice-based assessment.

There’s a strong commitment to providing timely and constructive feedback for all assessments.

The practice-based learning blocks are assessed on a pass/fail basis. You must successfully pass the placement element in order to pass the module within which it is housed.

The structure of the course is innovative. There’s one module for each of the six semesters, with integrated part-time clinical placements for four of those six modules.

Approximately two thirds of the clinical placements are part-time (1-2 days per week).

There’s also a five-week, full-time elective placement towards the end of the course where you can choose your own clinical placement location.

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This course is based in the School of Sport and Health Sciences located in the Faculty of Allied Health and Wellbeing

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