Degrees
Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy

Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy

Basic skills

  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Specific skills

  • Display knowledge of the morphology, physiology, pathology and conduct of both healthy and sick people, in the natural and social environment.
  • Display knowledge of the sciences, models, techniques and instruments around which physiotherapy is structured and developed.
  • Display knowledge of the physiotherapy methods, procedures and interventions in clinical therapeutics.
  • Display knowledge of physiotherapy methods, procedures and interventions aimed at health promotion and maintenance.
  • Integrate, through clinical experience, the ethical and professional values, knowledge, skills and attitudes of physiotherapy, in order to resolve specific clinical cases in the hospital and non-hospital environments, and primary and community care.
  • Produce and systematically keep physiotherapy records.
  • Evaluate the functional state of the patient, considering the physical, psychological and social aspects.
  • Make a physiotherapy diagnosis applying internationally recognised norms and validation instruments.
  • Design the physiotherapy intervention plan in accordance with the criteria of appropriateness, validity and efficiency.
  • Execute, direct and coordinate the physiotherapy intervention plan using the right therapeutic tools and taking into consideration the patient's singularity.
  • Evaluate the evolution of the results obtained from the treatment in relation to the objectives.
  • Write the physiotherapy discharge report once the established objectives have been attained.
  • Provide effective physiotherapeutic treatment and offer patients integral care.
  • Intervene in the areas of promotion, prevention, protection and recovery of health
  • Work effectively and cooperatively in multidisciplinary professional teams.
  • Incorporate the ethical and legal principles of the profession in professional culture.
  • Participate in drawing up physiotherapy protocols on the basis of scientific evidence, and promote professional activities that facilitate physiotherapy research.
  • Constantly renew one's professional knowledge, competences and skills.
  • Conduct planning, management and monitoring activities in the care units where physiotherapy is offered and their links with other healthcare services.
  • Apply quality-assurance mechanisms in physiotherapy practice, in accordance with the recognised and validated criteria.
  • Clearly and effectively communicate orally and in writing with all users of the healthcare system, and with other professionals.
  • Carry out physiotherapy interventions on the basis of integral health care that involves multiprofessional cooperation, the integration of processes and ongoing care.

Transversal skills

  • Analyse and synthesise.
  • Organise and plan.
  • Express ideas fluently, coherently and correctly, both orally and in writing.
  • Manage information systems.
  • Solve problems.
  • Make the most correct decisions in given situations.
  • Work in teams.
  • Display interpersonal skills.
  • Display critical reasoning skills.
  • Identify, analyse and solve ethical problems in complex situations
  • Show initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Easily recognise and cope with changes.
  • Display a strategic and flexible attitude to learning.
  • Show sensitivity to environmental issues.