Program Overview

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Programme: BPhysio

The programme extends over four academic years, during which period a student receives clinical training as a student physiotherapist at an institution approved by the University.

Programme Information

A revised curriculum is being phased in for the programme. The revised first year of study will be followed for the first time in 2015, the second year in 2016, the third year in 2017, and the fourth year in 2018.

Admission Requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission:

• A candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement.
• A candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• A candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• A candidate who is currently in university.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: NSC/IEB: 4, HIGCSE: 3, AS-Level: D, A-Level: D
• English: NSC/IEB: 4, HIGCSE: 3, AS-Level: D, A-Level: D
• Mathematics: NSC/IEB: 4, HIGCSE: 3, AS-Level: D, A-Level: D
• Physical Science: NSC/IEB: 4, HIGCSE: 3, AS-Level: D, A-Level: D
• APS: 30

Additional Requirements

Also, consult the General Regulations. Notes:

1. For students who registered for the BPhysT degree programme prior to 2015, the relevant regulations as they appear in the 2014 Yearbook will apply.
2. Each student in Physiotherapy must apply to the Registrar of the Health Professions Council of South Africa for registration as a student in Physiotherapy immediately after admission to the first year of study.

Other Programme-Specific Information

First Year of Study

• Practical nursing for a continual period of 40 hours must be completed satisfactorily at an approved hospital/facility after the conclusion of the examination period in November.
• Documentary proof to this effect must be submitted.
• A subminimum of 40% is required in the theoretical as well as in the practical examination in FTP 100.

Second Year of Study

• Basic Emergency Care (Code GNK 286)
  • If students obtain 60% or more in Basic Emergency Care, this mark will be validated as the examination mark at the end of the year, and such students will be exempted from the examination in the module.
  • Students who obtain between 40% and 49% in the calculated mark for the module will be admitted to a second examination in November/December of the same year, or in January of the following year.
  • A minimum of 50% is required as a pass mark for the second examination.

Third Year of Study

• A subminimum of 40% is required in the theoretical and practical/clinical examination in (FTP) Physiotherapy 300, (FTP) Physiotherapy clinical practice 301, and (POL) Professional development and leadership 300.

Fourth Year of Study

• A subminimum of 40% is required in clinical/practical as well as theoretical components of the examination of (FTP 400, 402) Physiotherapy 400 and 402 and (IHL 414, 424) Integrated healthcare leadership 414, 424.

Examinations and Pass Requirements

Students who fail a year in the existing curriculum will be managed on an individual basis in the Department of Physiotherapy.

Special Examination: Fourth Year of Study

1. The student gets another opportunity to take part in the examination.
2. A special examination in (FTP 400) Physiotherapy 400, (FTP 402) Physiotherapy clinical practice 402, and (IHL 414, 424) Integrated healthcare leadership 414, 424, is conducted after six months have elapsed since the examination in which the student failed.
3. If the student failed in (FTP 402) Physiotherapy clinical practice 402, he or she must undergo further clinical instruction in the clinical training areas and obtain at least 50% in the examination.

Ancillary Examination: Fourth Year of Study

After the conclusion of the examination in (FTP 400) Physiotherapy 400 and (FTP 402) Physiotherapy clinical practice 402 and before the results are announced, the examiners may, with a view to awarding a final mark, summon a student for an ancillary examination in the theory and/or clinical component of (FTP 400) Physiotherapy 400 and (FTP 402) Physiotherapy clinical practice 402.

Promotion to Next Study Year

Selected first-year students who have passed in sufficient first-semester modules at 100 level will, according to the stipulations of the General Regulations, automatically be admitted to the second semester of the first year of study.

Pass with Distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who has obtained at least 75% in (FTP 400) Physiotherapy 400 and (FTP 402) Physiotherapy clinical practice 402 and a joint average of at least 75% in (RHC 400) Research in healthcare sciences 400 and (IHL 414, 424) Integrated healthcare leadership 414, 424.

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ANA 151: Introduction to anatomy 151
• ANA 152: Anatomy of the limbs 152
• ANA 161: Anatomy of the torso 161
• ANA 162: Anatomy of the head and neck 162
• CMY 151: Chemistry 151
• ELH 121: Academic English for Health Sciences 121
• ELH 122: Academic English for Health Sciences 122
• FSG 161: Physiology 161
• FSG 162: Physiology 162
• PHY 131: Physics for biology students 131
• SEP 110: Sepedi for beginners 110
• SLK 110: Psychology 110
• UPO 110: Academic orientation 110
• ZUL 110: isiZulu for beginners 110

Core Modules

• FTP 101: Physiotherapy 101
• IHL 120: Integrated healthcare leadership 120

Year 2

Fundamental Modules

• ANP 210: Anatomical pathology 210
• FSG 251: Physiology 251
• FSG 252: Physiology 252
• FSG 261: Physiology 261
• FSG 262: Physiology 262
• GMB 252: Medical microbiology 252
• GMB 253: Medical microbiology 253
• GMB 254: Medical microbiology 254
• GNK 286: Basic emergency care 286
• SLK 210: Psychology 210

Core Modules

• FTP 204: Physiotherapy 204
• FTP 221: Physiotherapy clinical practice 221
• IHL 210: Integrated healthcare leadership 210

Year 3

Fundamental Modules

• FAR 381: Pharmacology 381
• FAR 382: Pharmacology 382
• IHL 310: Integrated healthcare leadership 310
• IHL 324: Integrated healthcare leadership 324
• RHC 300: Research methodology for healthcare sciences 300

Core Modules

• FTP 303: Physiotherapy 303
• FTP 304: Physiotherapy clinical practice 304
• IHL 310: Integrated healthcare leadership 310
• IHL 424: Integrated healthcare leadership 424

Year 4

Core Modules

• FTP 403: Physiotherapy 403
• FTP 404: Physiotherapy clinical practice 404
• IHL 414: Integrated healthcare leadership 414
• IHL 424: Integrated healthcare leadership 424
• RHC 400: Research in healthcare sciences 400