Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Overview

Take the next step towards an exciting physiotherapy career. Make your mark on the competitive professional field by becoming a reflective, resourceful physiotherapist prepared for a fast-moving healthcare environment. You’ll learn in both theoretical and practical settings, with 30 weeks of clinical placement in a variety of health settings allowing you to put your skills to practice. This course is an excellent platform for a successful future in physiotherapy, following the best practices of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s vision.

Why Physiotherapy at LSBU?

• Graduates from this course are working as Physiotherapists across the NHS including at Sussex Community NHS, Surrey Downs Health and Care and Clementine Churchill.
• This course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Ranked 4th amongst London modern competitors for Overall Score in Physiotherapy (Complete University Guide 2023).
• Exciting work experience opportunities – we work closely with many of London's internationally renowned teaching hospitals, Community Trusts and services, where you can gain clinical experience.
• Our dedicated facilities include clinical skills labs and outstanding virtual learning environments on campus – as well as access to the gym facilities within the Academy of Sport.
• Our excellent staff members are experts in their respective fields.
• LSBU Health and Social Care graduates are the second highest paid amongst all London Modern university graduates, and the sixth highest in the UK one year after graduating (DfE LEO data 2022).
• Students on this course could be eligible to receive a non-repayable amount of up to £11,000 per academic year with the NHS Learning Support Fund.

Mode and Duration

• Mode: Full-time
• Duration: 3 years

Start Date and Application Code

• Start date: September
• Application code: B160
• Application method: UCAS

Course Accreditations

• HCPC
• CSP

Entry Level Requirements

• UK Qualifications:
  • A Level ABB, including at least 2 Science subjects or:
  • BTEC National Diploma DDM in Science, or:
  • Access to HE Diploma in Science with 30 Distinctions and 15 Merits or:
  • Equivalent Level 3 qualifications worth 128 UCAS points
  • Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths, Science and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
• International Qualifications:
  • Please check the LSBU website for specific requirements.

English Language

• If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:
  • 7.0 overall or equivalent
  • 7.0 in the listening and reading sections
  • 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections

Interviews

• If your initial application to a Health and Social Care course is successful, you’ll be invited for an interview.
• The interview is an opportunity to explain face-to-face why you are the right student for the course. As a result of the ever-changing situation in relation to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, our selection interview days on campus will be replaced with telephone or virtual interviews.

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)

• All pre-registration students need to be DBS cleared before going on placement. You’ll need to have an enhanced DBS check even if you have had one before and will not be able to go on placement until this is complete.

Occupational Health (OH)

• An exciting part of many of our Health and Social Care courses is the opportunity to learn off-campus and work with patients, clients and/or service users. Before you start, we need to make sure that you have the correct levels of immunisations.

Numeracy Practice

• Before starting your course, you may want to check or practice your numeracy skills. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free online tool that helps you learn, revise and quiz your essential numeracy skills. You’ll also be able to get a certificate to show your efforts.

Enrolment and Welcome Week

• Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our new students pages.

Uniforms

• Most placements and some practical sessions in our skills laboratories will require you to wear a uniform and name badge. You will be measured for uniforms specific to your course as part of your Welcome Week activities after enrolment.

Practice Placements

• Most health and social care courses’ practice placements will operate outside normal working hours e.g. evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Holidays

• Your holiday periods will not follow the normal University timetable because of placements. You’ll receive more details once you start your course.

Preparatory Reading

• These publicly available materials provide some excellent preparation for your course, giving insight into the physiotherapy profession and some key concepts for developing into a qualified healthcare professional.

Course Content

Year 1

• Concepts of inter-professional and collaborative practice (20 credits)
• Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology (20 credits)
• Human Structure and Function (40 credits)
• Core Physiotherapy Skills (20 credits)
• Physical Activity and Health Improvement (20 credits)

Year 2

• Appraising Evidence for Research Informed Practice (20 credits)
• Patient-centred Physiotherapy through the Lifecycle (60 credits)
• Integrated Care for Physiotherapy Practice (20 credits)
• Physiotherapy in Practice 1 (20 credits)

Year 3

• Improving Quality, Change Management and Leadership (20 credits)
• Optimising Clinical and Therapeutic Outcomes (20 credits)
• Contemporary Issues in Physiotherapy (20 credits)
• Advancing Physiotherapy Practice (20 credits)
• Physiotherapy in Practice 2 (40 credits)

Facilities

• Clinical skills labs
• Human Performance Centre
• Academy of Sport

Careers

• As a physiotherapist, you could play an important role in helping people improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life – using a broad range of treatment approaches focused on restoring movement and function, often following illness or injury.
• Physiotherapists often work within a multidisciplinary team and may do this in a variety of clinical environments such as outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, in the patient's home or in a sport or performance setting.
• Graduates of this course go on to work in a variety of NHS and private practice settings, including specialists in stroke care, weight management services, elite sport and private practice settings.

Placements

• This course is planned to ensure that students complete the requisite number of hours in both theory and practice which builds knowledge across complex and. Academic and clinical practice blocks are structure to help you link effective theory to practice.
• Throughout your assessed clinical placements, you will complete a minimum of 1,000 hours in local NHS organisations as well as community, private and voluntary sectors agencies.
• The LSBU Physiotherapy Practice Placement team take responsibility for allocating practice placements. As we believe in supplying well-rounded experiences, we will always try but can't always guarantee to allocate placements within 2 hours of your registered term time home address.

Teaching and Assessment

• This course takes a blended approach to learning. It provides a range of learning formats and teaching delivery styles – and allows an individual approach, providing you with some flexibility in your preferred learning style.
• Interactive lectures will introduce key subject matter. Practical sessions, small group teaching and demonstrations will be used to facilitate skills development.
• A range of other approaches will be incorporated into students’ learning which can include online worksheets, guided independent study, e-learning, peer group learning, and group discussions.
• When it comes to assessment, we use a variety of approaches to promote different skills and abilities while reflecting the nature of the module of learning. The main rationale for choosing the assessment method is helping students in the development of a wide range of professional knowledge and skills. The types of assignments demonstrate progression of skills and abilities as students’ progress on the course. Typical assessments include written examinations, written assignments, verbal (case study) presentation, practical examination and clinical assessments.

Personal Tutoring

• As a Health and Social Care student, you will be allocated a named tutor during your first three weeks at LSBU. The role of your tutor is to be your primary contact for academic and professional development support.
• Your tutor will support you to get the most of your time at LSBU, providing advice and signposting to other sources of support in the University. They should be the first person at the university that you speak to if you are having any difficulties that are affecting your work. These could be academic, financial, health-related or another type of problem.
• You will have appointments with your personal tutor at least once a semester for 45 minutes throughout your course. You can contact your tutor for additional support by email or phone.

Key Information Set Data

• 55% say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• 73% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
• 95% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.