Student profile
Type of Degree
Students enrolling on the Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy will need to be dexterous and possess an aptitude for interpersonal relationships, tact and discretion. They should have the capacity for listening, dedication and tolerance, in addition to showing psychological insight, a sense of responsibility and a balanced outlook. They will need to be able to demonstrate dedication, good communication skills and the ability for analysis and synthesis. Furthermore, they should be rigorous and attentive, with the capacity for innovation and problem-solving, demonstrating a positive attitude to research and a conscientious approach to study and independent learning.
This is an officially recognised University Degree, valid throughout the European Higher Education Area.
Career opportunities The Degree in Physiotherapy trains graduates for professional practice in a wide range of contexts and populations, such as Hospitals, Clinics, Health Care Centres (whether within the Spanish National Health Service or in the private field), Companies Health Services, Sports Clubs, Nursing Homes for the Elderly, Home Care, Schools, and Early Intervention Centres.
WORLD HERITAGE
This Degree complies with European Higher Education Area requirements
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND PHYSIOTHERAPY
CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km 33,600 28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) www.uah.es/fisioterapia
INFORMATION CENTRE www.uah.es ciu@uah.es
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Overall credit distribution SUBJECT TYPE
Physiotherapy
ECTS
Basic Training (B)
66
Obligatory (Ob)
90
Optional (Opt)
30
External Practical Training (clinical practice) (Ob)
42
Bachelor’s Degree Final Project (Ob)
12
TOTAL CREDITS
240
STUDY PLAN FIRST YEAR
First semester
Type
ECTS
Second semester
Anatomy and Human Histology (both semesters)
B
10
Anatomy and Human Histology (both semesters)
Physiology (both semesters)
B
8
Biochemistry
B
6
Theoretical basis on the application of physical agents in Physiotherapy
B
6
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
B
6
Physiology (both semesters)
B
4
Physiopathology
Ob
6
Psychology
B
6
Kinesiology I
SECOND YEAR First semester
COURSE ORGANISATION AND CONTENTS
Second semester
B
8
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Foundations of Physiotherapy
B
6
General Procedures for Physiotherapy Interventions II
Ob
6
Assessment in Physiotherapy
Ob
8
Medical and Surgical Conditions
Ob
6
Kinesiology II
B
6
Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialities I
Ob
6
General Procedures for Physiotherapy Interventions I
Ob
10
Specific Methods for Physiotherapy Intervention I
Ob
6
Total ECTS
30
Cross-Disciplinary Skills I
THIRD YEAR First semester
6 30
Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Specific Methods for Physiotherapy Intervention II (both semesters)
Ob
8
Specific Methods for Physiotherapy Intervention II (both semesters)
Ob
4
Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialities II (both semesters)
Ob
8
Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialities II (both semesters)
Ob
4
Legislation, Public Health and Health Service Administration
Ob
6
Specific Methods for Physiotherapy Intervention III
Ob
6
Cross-Disciplinary Skills II
Opt
6
6
FOURTH YEAR First semester
Total ECTS
28
Second semester
Opt Total ECTS
Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialities III
Ob
Supervised Clinical Practice I
Ob
6
Optional 1
Opt
6
Total ECTS
32
Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Supervised Clinical Practice II (both semesters)
Ob
18
Supervised Clinical Practice II (both semesters)
Ob
18
Bachelor’s Degree Final Degree Project (both semesters)
Ob
6
Bachelor’s Degree Final Degree Project (both semesters)
Ob
6
Opt
6
Optional 3
Total ECTS
30
Optional 2
Second semester
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 240 B: Basic Training; Ob: Obligatory; Opt: Optional.
Optional Subjects initially offered by the Faculty: Physiotherapy, Physical Exercise and Sport Women’s Health Physiotherapy
18 18
Op
6
Total ECTS
30
Course Contents Physiotherapy is basically an approach to understanding and caring for health through natural means, using physical agents and especially manual techniques to prevent illness and to improve or restore health. There is a growing demand in society for physiotherapy services, since natural means are employed, thus avoiding contraindications and adverse side-effects. Recent decades have witnessed a process of continual change affecting health professionals, including physiotherapists. As a health profession, physiotherapy is influenced and conditioned by this process, which has created new social and health scenarios. The profession must adapt to these changes and understand the shifting values, needs and expectations of society. Training is essential in order to provide quality care tailored to these demands. From a conceptual point of view, training is considered the basis of professional physiotherapy practice. Such training provides an overview of the individual in health and in illness, of health care functions and tasks and of optimal physiotherapeutic interventions. These aspects are all covered in the initial skills taught on the course programme, which address the individualised care patients should be offered during their treatment, the patient’s active contribution to overcoming his or her health problems, health promotion and prevention of illness and developing the necessary professional approach. From a scientific point of view, in order to be able to offer quality individualised care, physiotherapists must be capable to understand scientific contributions which generate new perspectives on intervention and
research, and to apply the different scientific methods in the construction of knowledge. Accordingly, the training provided in the Degree in Physiotherapy takes a primarily generalist approach, with the aim to teach future Physiotherapy professionals able to identify, to describe, to approach health problems that can be treated by a Physiotherapist, who is able to employ a series of methods, procedures, models, techniques and interventions which, through physical means, can cure, prevent and restore health from any kind of population with functional limitations, disability or modified physical function or health produced as a consequence of lesion, illness or other causes. Such professionals will also use the same means in the fields of health promotion, prevention of illness and protection and restoration of health. In all the above cases, the individual’s biological, psychological and social dimensions will be considered.