MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)

Principles of Rehabilitation

This module aims to provide:

• An introduction to relevant principles, knowledge, practical skills and approaches necessary for the assessment and treatment commonly used in rehabilitation.
• An understanding of the need to work in partnership with people, and others involved, to identify and maximise their ability to move and function, and to enable individuals to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life.
• Knowledge and skills to identify what is limiting an individual’s movement and function, and to help individuals decide how to address their needs.
• An understanding of the underlying science of rehabilitation, based on approaches that are evidence-based, person-centred, ethical and effective.

Population Health

This module aims to provide:

• An overview of the theoretical and pragmatic context of public health will identify the potential role and contribution of physical activity within population health services and programmes.
• Wider determinants of Public/Population health, health improvement, population healthcare and health protection, including the role of Psychosocial and Mental Health as determinants of health outcomes.
• An orientation of students towards key examples of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in public health, including health economics, “green exercise”, and modelling.
• Reference to classic studies and literature, as well as contemporary research and population health theory

Optimising Function 1

This module aims to provide:

• Further development of principles, knowledge, practical skills and approaches necessary for assessment and treatment approaches commonly used with individuals with cardio-vascular, respiratory and neurological diseases.
• Understanding of the need to work in partnership with individuals, and others involved, to identify and optimise function, and to enable individuals to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life.
• Knowledge and skills to identify what is limiting an individual’s function, and to help individuals decide how to address their needs with a focus on optimising function.
  A systematic understanding of the underlying science of cardio-vascular, neurological, respiratory and other related conditions, based on approaches that are evidence-based, person-centred, ethical and effective.

Optimising Function 2

This module aims to provide:

• Further development of principles, knowledge, practical skills and approaches necessary for assessment and treatment approaches commonly used with individuals with Neuromusculoskeletal presentations and those from distinct populations and settings
• Understanding of the need to work in partnership with individuals, and others involved, to identify and optimise function, and to enable individuals to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life.
• Knowledge and skills to identify what is limiting an individual’s function, and to help individuals decide how to address their needs with a focus on optimising function.
• A systematic understanding of the underlying science of Neuromusculoskeletal conditions including consideration of the needs of individuals from distinct populations, based on approaches that are evidence-based, person-centred, ethical and effective.

Research for Health – Research Methods

This module will build on research skills acquired during your bachelor’s degree and previous learning to enable the undertaking and completion of an empirical research study at Masters level.

This module is designed to support the understanding of research methods necessary to be able to formulate an appropriate testable research question, design a study with the capability to answer that research question and to present this as a correctly formatted and appropriately presented research proposal.

The module will review and develop literature searching and critical appraisal skills. You will utilise and display findings of an appropriate critical appraisal tool and methodology in the analysis of research papers/findings to present a systematic review. Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data will develop skills in protocol and journal writing.

To prepare for an Ethics Committee submission, where appropriate, research governance training will be provided.

Contemporary Rehabilitation in Physiotherapy

This module aims to provide:

• An opportunity to explore, in depth, contemporary rehabilitation approaches in Physiotherapy practice.
• An opportunity to further develop knowledge, skills and understanding of working in traditional and non-traditional settings
• An opportunity to revisit and refine previously covered theory and practice.
• An appreciation of working across professional boundaries and within an expanded scope of practice.

Leadership, Change Management & Quality Improvement

This module aims to provide:

• An overview and critical analysis of Contemporary Leadership theories, concepts and practical application.
• An overview and critical analysis of Change Management and the role of continuous Quality Improvement at Local, Regional, National and Global levels.
• A link between Leadership, Quality Improvement and Change Management.
• An overview of current Government policy e.g. Darzi reports and NHS Long Term Plan.

Research for Health – Research Paper

You will engage in independent learning supported by supervision, that will enable you to consider and meet the module learning outcomes. You will have identified your own learning needs specifically in relation to being able to better understand, critique and evaluate literature, and other sources of information, to inform your practice across components of physiotherapy practice having successfully completed Research for Health – research methods module.

You will build on their previous research learning and will plan and complete your research project detailed in your research protocol.  

As part of the process, you will be expected to compile and maintain a research portfolio, normally as a secure electronic document e.g., as part of your Portfolio. Supervisors will be provided with appropriate access, where they will detail the research processes undertaken and where they will provide evidence e.g., approval from an appropriate ethics committee, participant information, consent forms, questionnaires, and data.

The research Portfolio is an important source of information that will describe, implicitly, your research journey and will be required as part of the module completion and research governance requirements.