Physiotherapy and Paramedicine
MSc/PgD/PgC Advanced Practice
Progress to advanced clinical, leadership, education and research-based roles with the NHS, public and independent sectors. Take
existing skills in health and social care and apply them to research, clinical assessment, analysis and insight.
Minimum academic requirement: UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent). Minimum two-three years’ experience as a registered
health or social care practitioner.
English language requirement: IELTS score of 6.5 (or equivalent) with no element below 6.0.
Accredited Double accredited
Modules: Advanced Leadership for Health and Social Care Practitioners; Work-Based Advanced Skills and Innovative Practices; Principles of
Practice in Medical Ultrasound; Non-Medical Prescribing; Applied Pathophysiology for Advancing Professional Practice; Supporting Anticipatory
Care for Long-Term Conditions; Foundations of Radiographic Image Interpretation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Principles and Practice; Computed
Tomography Principles and Practice; Advancing Practices in Imaging; Social Action Approaches in Public Health; Human Movement and MSK
Rehabilitation; Advanced Assessment and Management of Illness and Injury; Advancing Physiotherapy Practice; Advanced Research Methods;
Dissertation.
DPT Doctor of Physiotherapy (Pre-registration)
Apply your existing degree in kinesiology or sport science and develop clinical reasoning of assessment and rehabilitation.
Progress your career as a physiotherapist with the NHS, private clinics or in other health and social care settings.
Minimum academic requirement: UK honours degree 2:1 (or equivalent) in a science discipline related to physiotherapy such as
physiology, human biology, anatomy, kinesiology, sports science/medicine. Experience of the process of research is essential.
The honours degree must have contained a substantial element of human physiology. A pre-entry negotiated learning module is
available to applicants who have limited human physiology experience. Shortlisted applicants must attend interview. International
applicants are o†ered a telephone/Skype interview. Applicants should have an understanding of the role of physiotherapy
practice and research within the current health and well-being agenda. Relevant visits to clinical locations, voluntary work or
part-time employment, in an area where the impact of disability is experienced, are desirable, but not essential. Students have to
clearly articulate their motivations for applying to the DPT course.
English language requirement: IELTS score of 7.0 (or equivalent) with no element below 6.5.
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Modules: Neuromusculoskeletal 1 and 2; Health Promotion; Practice Evaluation; Cardiovascular and Respiratory Therapeutics; Practice-Based
Learning; Inter-Professional Working: Context, Organisation and Practice; Neurorehabilitation; Advanced Research Enquiry; Professional
Development 1, 2 and 3; Project 1 and Project 2.
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