BSc (Honours) Physiotherapy (practice-based learning)
27 months full-time
UCAS code • not applicable
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Physiotherapy
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This course
Practice-based learning is a style of learning for students who already have some experience of working in health and social care. It builds on skills and knowledge you already have.
This course is suitable if you have around two years experience in a health and social care role, such as
• physiotherapy assistant in the NHS
• assistant practitioner in the NHS
• technical instructor in the NHS
• a similar job in a caring working environment
The course has been designed to help people with this existing level of experience progress in their careers to become a qualified physiotherapist.
Patient-focused work forms a large part of your development. You work with patients on a clinical placement in East Midlands for two to three days a week. The remainder of the time is spent in class with lecturers or studying using self-directed learning.
The course is an intensive, full-time 27 month course. It is shorter than the three year course because the clinical placements run in parallel with the other modules. It is mostly taught in Lincolnshire, at Grantham and District and Boston hospitals. Each year you will have one or two sessions in Sheffield at the Collegiate Campus. You are taught by both Sheffield Hallam academics and experienced physiotherapy practitioner lecturers.
Your application is assessed as an individual case and may be accepted pending Sheffield Hallam and Strategic Health Authority approval.
This course will help you develop in your career. Since the course started in 2005, every one of our graduates has entered a job as a qualified physiotherapist.
Find out more about BSc (Honours) Physiotherapy (practice-based learning)
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
The Strategic Health Authority (and from 1 April 2013, the East Midlands Local Education Training Board) fund the University fees for this course. They also provide a sum of money as a contribution towards salary support, this is currently £13,917 per year. The exact amount to be paid will be arranged between you and the Trust.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
• written papers and projects • presentations • portfolios • group work • interactive assessment • assessment of practice during placements
This course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Graduates are eligible to apply to register with the HCPC and apply to become members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. You must be registered with the HCPC in order to practise as a physiotherapist in the UK.
Physiotherapy training room
The physiotherapy room at our Collegiate Campus gives students a hands on experience as it would be in a real environment.
Together in the real world of health and social care
Our health and social care courses place a strong emphasis on interprofessional learning. This means that you train alongside practitioners from other health professions. So, depending on your course you could spend time working alongside
• nurses
• midwives
• operating department practitioners
This gives you a fresh perspective on situations. And it also prepares you for the real world. Collaboration between health professionals is increasing as organisations try to provide a more integrated and effective service. At Sheffield Hallam we understand that by working together we can we give the best possible care.
Staff profiles
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