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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
City CampusC
Full Time
Sep 2027
3 Year
What is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession which involves working with people to improve their own health and wellbeing. Learn to use physical approaches to promote, maintain and restore physical function on this Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) approved programme. To find out more about this exciting occupation, visit Aspiring Allies, an initiative built around raising the profile of Allied Health Professional careers. You can explore what you'll do as a physiotherapist, where you could work, expected salaries and more. As part of this course, you’ll: * Develop collaborative working skills and put them into practice working with patients, their carers, and other health professionals * Be encouraged to reflect on your practice to aid your professional development * Experience placements within a variety of health and social care settings, including the NHS, sports clubs, schools, and private clinics in specialist areas – cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, neurology, and paediatrics * Study cutting-edge content taught by our research-led rehabilitation and health professions academic community
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\ You'll have the opportunity to get involved with many volunteering activities, and we have numerous partnerships with local and international charities. Plus, you'll benefit from guest speakers across a range of clinical specialities, who'll support your lectures and practical sessions.
Register with the HCPC after you graduate\ On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a physiotherapist. The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.
Course requirements\ Occupational Health clearance and compliance with standard NHS immunisations requirements are mandatory and essential for placement attendance.
Why Study the BSc Physiotherapy course at Leeds Beckett University?* Professionally accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council * 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy were positive about the way teaching staff explain things\* * Fantastic placement opportunities - available across the region to help develop essential skills in real-world settings * Access to specialist facilities - enhance your practice in our clinical skills suite and simulated environments \*National Student Survey 2026
Develop the academic skills you'll need to study in Higher Education, including information retrieval, academic writing and how to avoid plagiarism. You'll also learn what it means to be a professional with an understanding of the HCPC and CSP professional values and standards, including continuous professional development and lifelong learning. This module will also enhance your personal and professional skills through verbal and non‐verbal communication skills, components of assessment, and documentation. You'll also complete mandatory training for clinical placement.
You'll undertake a one-week (37.5 hours) taster placement with pass/fail marking. This placement must be passed for the Shaping the Professional module to be passed.
Study the fundamental anatomical and physiological principles that underpin physiotherapy practice in the musculoskeletal client groups. You'll learn about the physiological changes that occur in the ageing process and in basic pathological processes. This module will also cover how the anatomical structures interact to fulfil the requirements for normal movement. You'll be able to demonstrate the application of basic clinical assessment, observation and measurement skills.
Exercise prescription is a corner stone of physiotherapy. This module will cover fundamental exercise prescription theories in relation to evidence base for those with and without health issues. You'll learn in both one-to-one and group-based scenarios.
This module will cover the fundamental anatomical and physiological principles that underpin physiotherapy practice in the neurological client groups. You'll learn about the physiological changes that occur in the ageing process and in basic pathological processes. This module will also cover how the anatomical structures interact to fulfil the requirements for normal movement. You'll be able to demonstrate the application of basic clinical assessment, observation and measurement skills.
Explore the fundamental anatomical and physiological principles that underpin physiotherapy practice in the cardiovascular client groups. You'll learn about the physiological changes that occur in the ageing process and in basic pathological processes. This module will also cover how the anatomical structures interact to fulfil the requirements for normal thoracic movement. You'll be able to demonstrate the application of basic clinical assessment, observation and measurement skills.
Begin to understand the context of evidence-based practice in physiotherapy. You'll explore literature searching, critical analysis of different types of literature, use of relevant tools and databases.
Gain the skills and knowledge required to work effectively with clients presenting with a range of cardio-vascular or respiratory relayed problems. You will develop theoretical and practical skills of assessment and management for these client groups.
Learn how to work effectively in a musculoskeletal environment. You'll develop theoretical and practical skills of assessment and management of common musculoskeletal conditions.
Gain an overview of neurological physiotherapy by identifying the underlying relevant principles of rehabilitation.
Prepare for clinical experience and gain a breadth of supervised physiotherapy experience in the clinical setting. In the theory-practice transfer, you'll be able to apply, integrate and build upon knowledge, skills and physiotherapeutic techniques, health promotion and client empowerment. This will enable you to further develop your understanding of care and management of patients. The placement provides you with the opportunity to attain a minimum of 225 clinical-based practice hours in order to complete the required minimum 1,000 hours at the completion of the course.
Prepare for clinical experience and gain a breadth of supervised physiotherapy experience in the clinical setting. In the theory-practice transfer, you'll be able to apply, integrate and build upon knowledge, skills and physiotherapeutic techniques, health promotion and client empowerment. This will enable you to further develop your understanding of care and management of patients. The placement provides you with the opportunity to attain a minimum of 225 clinical-based practice hours in order to complete the required minimum 1,000 hours at the completion of the course.
Build on your knowledge and skills gained within the core modules; cardiovascular and respiratory physiotherapy, neurological physiotherapy and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. You'll integrate your learning to enable development and modification of communication skills with individuals, groups and teams within the varied clinical settings.
Develop the key knowledge and strategies that underpin health-based research. This module will develop your understanding of research and your ability to undertake research. You'll build on the knowledge of evidence-based practice that you developed in your first year.
Prepare for clinical experience and gain a breadth of supervised physiotherapy experience in the clinical setting. In the theory-practice transfer, you'll be able to apply, integrate and build upon knowledge, skills and physiotherapeutic techniques, health promotion and client empowerment. This will enable you to further develop your understanding of care and management of patients. The placement provides you with the opportunity to attain a minimum of 225 clinical-based practice hours in order to complete the required minimum 1,000 hours at the completion of the course.
Prepare for clinical experience and gain a breadth of supervised physiotherapy experience in the clinical setting. In the theory-practice transfer, you'll be able to apply, integrate and build upon knowledge, skills and physiotherapeutic techniques, health promotion and client empowerment. This will enable you to further develop your understanding of care and management of patients. The placement provides you with the opportunity to attain a minimum of 225 clinical-based practice hours in order to complete the required minimum 1,000 hours at the completion of the course.
Prepare for clinical experience and gain a breadth of supervised physiotherapy experience in the clinical setting. In the theory-practice transfer, you'll be able to apply, integrate and build upon knowledge, skills and physiotherapeutic techniques, health promotion and client empowerment. This will enable you to further develop your understanding of care and management of patients. The placement provides you with the opportunity to attain a minimum of 225 clinical-based practice hours in order to complete the required minimum 1,000 hours at the completion of the course.
Understand changing NHS policy, organisational, leadership business and enterprise theory as it impacts on physiotherapy practice. An enquiry based ethos, specialist speakers and NHS managers will enable you to prepare for employability and future practice as a physiotherapy practitioner.
Build upon your year 2 physiotherapy practice and clinical experience enabling further development of clinical reasoning and your personal communication skills. This will be through a greater self-awareness, looking at philosophy and its relevance to clinical practice, examining and debating ethical decision making in the wider clinical reasoning framework. You'll also explore healthcare communication models with exposure to the patient's perspective of healthcare in complex and marginalised population groups.
Develop the research knowledge that you started to build in your first year. This module will enable you to choose and work on a project that has relevance in the health and social care environment. You'll produce a piece of work that explains and justifies the proposed process of your research enquiry and its application to practice.
136 Grades/points required
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