Mode: Regular

The Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree program is a four year program with an additional six months of compulsory rotating internship. The professional degree program consists of classroom lectures, practical and laboratory demonstrations, bed side clinics, self directed academic activities and clinical postings. In the first year theoretical and practical basis of fundamental health care subjects such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, human biomechanics and kinesiology, psychology and sociology are learnt. In the second year, the students learn the disease processes through pathology and microbiology, apart from pharmacology and the theoretical and practical basis of exercise therapy and electrotherapy. The students will also be posted on rotating basis in various departments of the hospitals for clinical observation so as to gain an insight into various areas of functioning of a health care institution. During the third year the students will be trained in the theoretical, practical and clinical basis of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of various clinical conditions in cardio respiratory medicine and surgery, general medicine and surgery, paediatrics, women’s health, burns and skin diseases, intensive care units and community medicine. They will also be posted on a rotating basis in the above mentioned departments for gaining hands on experience in assessing and treating patients. During the fourth year the students will be trained in the theoretical, practical and clinical basis of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of various clinical conditions in orthopaedics and trauma, rheumatology, sports medicine, neurology and neurosurgery and community health. They will also be posted on a rotating basis in the above mentioned departments for gaining hands on experience in assessing and treating patients.