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Physiotherapy

Entry requirements


A level

A,B,B

To include Biology. Physical Education will be considered. Excludes General Studies.

Access to HE Diploma

D:42

The Access to HE Diploma in a Science or Health subject to include 42 Level 3 credits at Distinction and 3 at Merit. Plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 6 or above.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above including English, Mathematics and Science.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

34

to include 6 points in Biology at Higher Level.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

in a Biological or Sport Science based subject. Plus A2 level Biology at grade B. Sports Development and Performance is not accepted.

Scottish Higher

A,B,C,C,C

to include Biology at Advanced Higher. Physical Education will be considered.

UCAS Tariff

128

4 qualifications for tariff points allowed (excluding general studies) Must include 40 tariff points in biology AND 40 tariff points in a Biological or Sport Science based subject. Sports Development and Performance is not accepted. May include AS level and EPQ

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Physiotherapy

**Physiotherapists play a vital role in enabling people to maximise their health, wellbeing and quality of life through movement, exercise, manual therapy and education.**

Our course will result in you being able to register with the Health and Care Professions Council and enter this exciting professional career as a qualified Chartered physiotherapist.

- Accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP).

- All eligible home students on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the Government of £5,000* per year, with additional payments for students incurring childcare costs

- State-of-the-art teaching facilities including mock wards with interactive manikins, operating theatre, community houses, sport and exercise environments*.

**Key Course Benefits:**

Our Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) course is designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and experience required to be a safe, effective physiotherapist that will not only make a difference to individuals throughout their life but also to wider society in a variety of healthcare contexts.

The physiotherapy programme allows you to develop problem-solving skills, enterprise and resourcefulness to respond to the dynamic healthcare environment. Your learning experience will support you to adopt the professional values and behaviours expected of a physiotherapist - working respectfully within a multidisciplinary team, providing healthcare underpinned by current evidence and placing the clients in the centre of the therapeutic process.

As a professionally accredited course, it is designed to prepare you academically, professionally and personally for a successful career as a chartered physiotherapist. You will develop a wide range of practical and academic skills in contemporary physiotherapy with multiple opportunities to develop your clinical skills through practice-based learning – a total of 1,120 hours completed over the course of five clinical placements*– in which you will participate in physiotherapy practice under the supervision of a fully qualified, experienced physiotherapist. This is well in excess of the minimum hours required by the CSP.

The course not only provides you with an academic qualification but also a professional status, as the course is accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and enables you to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) (additional costs may apply).

A distinctive feature of our course is that your skills development and essential learning takes place in your first year prior to clinical placement. This foundational learning occurs in our state-of-the-art Alison Gingell Building, allowing the use of authentic simulation experiences to put your learning into context in a supportive environment prior to your first placement.

The multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building provides facilities for teaching and research, featuring hospital simulation, interactive manakins, community houses, rehabilitation, clinical skills training, sport and exercise environments.

You’ll have the opportunity to attend guest lectures led by experts in their fields and employers in large NHS trusts, private practice, industry and sport (subject to availability). Previous speakers have included the Head of Sports Medicine at WBA FC, and Karen Middleton, Chief Executive of the CSP.

It is acknowledged that working as an allied health professional requires emotional intelligence, resilience and a dedication to lifelong learning. Throughout the course you will be supported in your personal and professional development in order to meet these demands. This will allow you to develop strategies to protect your own personal health and wellbeing as well as identify opportunities to flourish in your career.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Modules

Year One
In your first year you will be taught the key theoretical knowledge and foundation practical skills required to assess and treat a variety of client groups. Through the learning approaches employed you will develop your communication, teamworking, problem solving and critical thinking skills. You will also be introduced to the values and behaviours required by a professional physiotherapist. Simulation, service-user involvement, interprofessional activities and innovative teaching practices will provide authentic learning experiences in a supportive environment to facilitate a smooth transition into the professional environment.

Modules
Introduction to the Physiotherapy Profession - 20 credits
Anatomy and Movement Analysis - 20 credits
Pathophysiology - 20 credits
Health and Wellbeing in the Community - 20 credits
Foundations of Physiotherapy Assessment and Intervention - 40 credits

Year Two
During your second year, you will complete three out of five placements offering you a wide range transformative learning opportunities5. Each placement lasts for 6 weeks, and you will accumulate 40 hours of practice-based learning per week, giving you a total of 1200 practice hours throughout the course. You will have a named tutor, whilst out on placement, who will meet with you to ensure you are meeting your learning objectives and support you and our clinical colleagues in the exciting process of transferring theory into practice.

We have strong partnerships with practice to ensure placement quality and capacity. These partnerships are within both NHS, local authority, voluntary, charity and private sectors, ensuring a wide range of experience representative of the diversity of your chosen profession.

Placements are positioned within the course between blocks of university-based study. This supports your advancement through the placement modules with the expectation for you to take on greater demands and autonomy in a progressive and supported manner. Some assessments in this year of study require you to link theoretical knowledge learnt in university with you practice experience. This means the assessments are authentic and explicitly relevant to your professional practice.

Modules
Decision-Making in Physiotherapy Practice - 20 credits
Placement Block 1 - 20 credits
Evidence-Informed Physiotherapy - 20 credits
Placement Block 2 - 20 credits
Exploring Values-Based Physiotherapy in Practice - 10 credits
Placement Block 3 - 20 credits
Advanced Research Skills - 10 credits

Final Year
Employment and your future career will be at the forefront of your mind as you approach the end of your course. The final year modules focus on preparing you for entry into the physiotherapy profession as autonomous practitioners.

Modules
Placement Block 4 - 20 credits
Entrepreneurism in the Workplace - 20 credits
Exploring Physiotherapy Practice - 20 credits
Placement Block 5 - 20 credits
Dissertation - 20 credits
Leadership and Management for Healthcare Professionals - 20 credits

For more information about what you will study, please visit our website.

Assessment methods

This course is assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. This is to ensure that our assessments are authentic and reflect the challenges faced in the clinical context and allow you to demonstrate our creativity and digital fluency.

Assessment methods include:

Exams
Video production
Practical assessments
Group work
Reports

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Coventry University

Department:

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

52%
Physiotherapy

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Physiotherapy

Teaching and learning

78%
Staff make the subject interesting
78%
Staff are good at explaining things
78%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
88%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

83%
Library resources
86%
IT resources
83%
Course specific equipment and facilities
30%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

74%
UK students
26%
International students
45%
Male students
55%
Female students
91%
2:1 or above
5%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
A
B

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Physiotherapy

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
med
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

53%
Therapy professionals
12%
Health professionals
5%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Physiotherapy

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£24k

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£28k

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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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