Physiotherapy
MSc
Intermediate award(s): PG Cert, PG DipSai Sravanthi Vellanki
India
“I chose to study at Anglia Ruskin University UK because I was impressed with the course description, the affordable fees and the scholarship awarded to me before admission. I always wanted to finish my Postgraduate degree from the best University and now I am here, I feel I am part of one.
I have benefited from the choice of topics in which we are allowed to do our major projects and I enjoy the tutorials, where the leaders guide the students every step. The course leaders are also encouraging the students by arranging special lab visits so we will gain a better understanding.
I am completely satisfied with my experience of studying at Anglia Ruskin. I would suggest the course to people who desire the best part of Physiotherapy, who want to enhance their skills and desire a wide range of choices in the scope of the Physiotherapy field for their projects.”
Course overview
Our course will enable you, as a physiotherapy practitioner, to develop your knowledge and extend and advance their practice to meet the increasingly complex demands of physiotherapy within the health and social care sector.Innovation, research and creativity will be fostered to enable you to influence practice and service delivery and effect change. A key element will be the development of evidenced-based practice and leadership in line with government initiatives. We aim to develop clinical leaders who can improve people's health and well-being and can deliver any necessary changes across systems and organisational boundaries.
Exercise has always been one of the key skills of physiotherapy, particularly in the treatment of musculoskeletal and acquired cardio-respiratory disease. Restoration of optimum levels of fitness and function underpins all the aims of physiotherapy intervention, irrespective of the pathology that impairs function. However, worldwide healthcare faces new challenges with increased prevalence of other acquired diseases such as obesity, diabetes and osteoporosis. Epidemiological evidence supports the importance of regular physical activity in the prevention of many acquired chronic diseases, in the overall enhancement of health and in the restoration of physical fitness to promote effective functional ability.
Our enhance your understanding of the theoretical underpinning of the use of exercise to aid rehabilitation and enable physiotherapists to explore in depth the theory and relevance of holistic rehabilitation in the promotion of function.
Additional course information
The need to provide effective, evidenced-based practice is now a central tenet of professional practice. Our course content will encourage students to actively engage with research from a range of disciplines, to critically consider different types of evidence and use appropriate critical frameworks in assessing the relevance to policy and practice.Dr Leica Claydon
Course Leader for MSc Physiotherapy
“I am a Senior Lecturer of Physiotherapy in the Allied Health and Medicine Department, Anglia Ruskin University, UK. I graduated with a PhD in 2008 from Keele University, UK. I have spent the last 6 years working at the University of Otago, New Zealand where latterly I was Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies with the School of Physiotherapy.
I publish in the fields of pain management, neurological rehabilitation and education. I supervise PhD students and Masters students and am a peer reviewer for several international Pain and Physiotherapy journals. Most recently I was an invited speaker for the Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP) at their conference in Goa (February 22-24, 2013) and spoke on the non-pharmacological management of pain.
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Core modules
Clinical Application of Exercise
This module will enhance your understanding of the use of exercise to aid in the rehabilitation of fitness by exploring in-depth the theory of exercise and the evidence of its use within the profession. Workshops on Health Screening and Fitness Testing will allow for practical assessment of fitness parameters and implementation of recommendations. Key topical issues such as patient compliance, motivation and the bio-psychosocial approach are covered alongside the physiology of exercise, its impact on the body and functioning and related concepts of pain. This will ultimately allow for integration of terms such as fitness and function and a better understanding of how to implement a pro-active management strategy.
Advanced Clinical Reasoning
This module is central to providing effective management and enhancing quality of patient-centred care. With the increasing demands and complex nature of healthcare practice, clinicians increasingly are required to make and justify clinical decisions based on a range of factors such as the available evidence base, access to resources, ethical issues, social and cultural norms and frameworks for clinical governance and professional accountability. This module will explore different models of clinical reasoning, nature and context of clinical practice, knowledge and clinical reasoning, as well as the attributes of novice and expert practitioner. In addition, the module will explore the limitations of clinical reasoning and conversely the potential of clinical reasoning to enhance clinician's knowledge base. Reflection will be a central theme throughout the module in order to further develop your clinical reasoning. Subjects of special interest will include clinical practice, emphasising clinical examination, evaluation, interpretation and differential diagnosis.
Research Studies
This module is designed to provide you with a critical overview of the main methodologies and designs applied to research within health and social care, professional practice, regulation and policy. It provides you with an opportunity to explore the theoretical dilemmas that underlie the process of inquiry and its relationship to practice. The module will provide a framework within which to select, evaluate and justify the research methods chosen for your research project. This module is taken by students on a variety of different Masters courses.
Major Project
The major project is of central importance to the Masters award. You will be expected to bring together aspects of learning from previous modules as well as using the learning as the basis for planning, conducting and writing a research or work-based project.
Optional modules
Global Leadership
Organisations and Businesses, whether private, public or third sector, operate in a world facing a range of urgent global issues. This module examines the fitness of organisations or businesses in the Health and Social care arena to tackle many of the diverse issues such as decision making, holistic and ethical leadership and the effects of market forces on resourcing and service delivery. The module is based on the Global Leadership model developed by lecturers at this university. Concepts such as effective decision making, the impact of the individual in a leadership role, and organisational culture will be considered. The module also considers the related concept of MisLeadership, which looks at how leaders have often failed to achieve the optimum outcomes for those they lead. Leaders predominantly create context and this module will explore the skills required to successfully mould and develop the context in a complex evolving environment.
Law and Ethics in Health and Social Care
This module will enable you to acquire a detailed and critical understanding of the generic ethical and legal theories and principles that underpin health and social care (e.g. consent, confidentiality, duty to care, human rights). You will also have the opportunity to focus on particular aspects of law and ethics that have relevance to your practice or personal interest This module is particularly relevant to health and social care professionals wishing to develop crucial insights into legal and ethical issues in practice.
Advanced Communication
This interprofessional module is based upon experiential learning to explore the student's own learning needs in relation to communication issues. You will reflect upon the importance of good communication and explore the theory of communication in complex situations. You will have the opportunity to practice and critically review your micro skills in a safe environment. This will enable the development of reflexivity and increased self awareness in relation to your own performance. The module will require students to identify stressors prevalent in this work in order to broaden their repertoire of coping strategies.
Assessment
A range of assessments are used, including essays, presentations, formulation of a research proposal, a research project and case studies. Assessment topics are generated from practice requiring critical and innovative thinking drawing on a range of conceptual frameworks designed to enhance student's skills to support the development of practice.Formative assessment strategies such as seminar papers, group presentations, case reports are integrated as part of the teaching and learning and are used to provide ongoing feedback about your progress and develop a range of communication skills which will support professional development.
Summative assessment is integrated closely with learning and students will be able to focus assignments to ensure relevance to their professional and personal development. The ability to problem solve in practice will underpin the basis of assessment of the students creativity in addressing a range of issues specific to their practice.
Why study Physiotherapy at Anglia Ruskin University?
Our MSc Physiotherapy has been developed to reflect the current World Health Organisation (WHO) and UK agenda for promoting health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. The course will build on your practice and enable you to:- Focus on exercise as an essential component in both the prevention and treatment of many diseases that are common today and articulates with the current Charted Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) campaign 'Move for Health' and Department of Health campaign 'Change 4 Life'. The exercise agenda is also timely given the 2012 Olympics legacy.
- Develop your leadership skills which are vital for today's healthcare professionals.
- Focus on your own clinical specialty, exploring the evidence base, evaluating your own practice.
There is input from a number of experts including: experienced clinicians; chair of the local research ethics committee; researchers with an international reputation. The university also has a wide range of student support services you can draw on. For those joining us whose first language is not English, you will benefit from a number of study skills sessions available throughout each semester. In addition, you will be allocated a personal tutor who will provide support throughout your time with us.
Associated careers
The course has many benefits to practitioners who wish to enhance and broaden their career progression as it aims to provide them with the opportunity to:- develop their knowledge, skills and dispositions to undertake advanced practice; prepare for new and extended roles
- enhance their understanding of inter-professional issues
- integrate primary research into their practice
- meet CPD and re-registration requirements.
| Entry Requirements: | You must be a physiotherapy practitioner with professional registration. It is anticipated that students undertaking the course will currently be employed in professional practice. You must hold a recognised qualification in physiotherapy and should be educated to honours degree level. Post-qualification employment experience is required. |
How to apply
Location
Duration
2 yearsTeaching times*
Mondays 10-12 and 1-3pm.Available starts
September, FebruaryStudent finance
Open Day
Saturday 13 JulyPostgraduate Open Day
Faculty
Health, Social Care & EducationDepartment
Allied Health and MedicineContact us
UK and EU applicants:- Call 01245 686868
- Complete enquiry form
- Call +44 (0)1245 493131 ext 2609
- Complete enquiry form
*Teaching days and times are for guidance only and are subject to change each academic year. We advise all applicants to wait until they are in receipt of their timetable before making arrangements around their course times.
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