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Programme profile

This programme will furnish you with the knowledge, insight, understanding and skills of Physiotherapy. Graduates of the programme will be able to: carry out a patient assessment; determine whether physiotherapy for this patient is indicated or not; interpret the assessment outcomes and use them to set up a treatment plan; give treatment by using the diverse physiotherapy means; evaluate (the effect of) the treatment; carry out physiotherapy treatment for prevention, care and after care.

A total of almost one year of the study programme is to be spent on doing clinical affiliation and a thesis project. In the fourth year, you will go to two different facilities where you will gain practical experience. Each clinical affiliation has a duration of 15 weeks. During your clinical affiliation you are supervised both by your clinical instructor of the facility and (on distance) by the supervisor of the school. You often have the opportunity to carry out your clinical periods in your own country.

Programme content

Year 1
In the first year you will learn how your body functions by studying subjects such anatomy, physiology and neurology. Furthermore, you will learn about physiotherapeutic treatments: how you deal with people and how you implement this when you're treating. During the practical lessons, you practice these skills on real patients and on your fellow students.

Short internship as an introduction to physiotherapy and part of the module “personal and professional development”

Year 2
During the second year, you’ll need to incorporate more independence into your studies. However, you’ll be provided with advice and recommendations when it comes to making your choices.

Halfway through the year you chose a speciality theme; that means that starting from the third year, you approach your studies in a more specific way. The speciality themes are:

- Enabling People with Technology
- Value Based Healthcare
- Empowering Healthy Behaviour

Short internship as an introduction to physiotherapy and part of the module “personal and professional development”

Years 3 and 4
During the third and fourth year, you’ll become increasingly independent in
relation to your work. You’ll follow a Minor, shosen from:

- Exploring Health Behaviour
- MADE for Allied Healthcare (Measurement, Analysis, Design & Exploration for
Allied Healthcare)
- Healthcare on the Move: time for a new outlook!
- Thinking Differently, Doing Differently; practical care innovation with practice

Of course, you can also choose to do your minor at another university, abroad or in another study programme of Fontys.

In year 3, as well as your 10-week minor, yiou will do a 10-week internship/

In year 4, you will do a 20-week internship

It is possible to do all or any internships abroad. Fontys   can assist you in finding a suitable internship and/or work placement

Progression

Graduates can practice as a Physiotherapist in UK and Ireland (subject to approval by CORU of your hospital placements). Hospital placements are usually very limited in Ireland and will need to be found in other jurisdictions.

Entry Requirements