This program trains professional general physiotherapists with the appropriate scientific preparation to be able to describe, identify, treat, and compare health problems in those who respond to physiotherapy. These professionals are prepared for health promotion and maintenance, prevention of diseases and their consequences, capable of applying methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that cure, restore, and adapt to people affected by impairments, functional limitations, or changes in physical function and health status by various causes. All of this within ethical values of respect and the ethical code.
Current legislation regulates the profession of physiotherapist, whose practice requires possession of the corresponding official degree: Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on the organization of health professions.
- Ministry of Health: hospitals, clinics, health centers.
- Ministry of Education: special education schools, integration schools.
- Ministry of Social Welfare: geriatric centers, centers for people with physical and mental disabilities.
- Ministry of Sports: municipal and private athletic pavilions, municipal and private pools, sports clubs, sports federations, sports associations, health maintenance.
- Private insurance health centers.
- Centers concerted with the social security system.
- Mutual insurance societies: care centers for workplace injuries.
- Public administration: management, teaching, and research.
The different teaching modules have been divided by subject matter whose distribution is arranged into semesters throughout the four years of the program. All core courses are given the first year (60 credits). The purpose for this is that the students acquire the knowledge necessary to successfully handle the required subject matter that is given later during the remaining years of the program (150 credits), as well as the elective courses (24 credits) that are given during the fourth year along with the Final Degree Project.
For their part, the Supervised Exercises required material comprises 42 credits, 12 of which are offered in spring semester of the third year, and the remainder taking place during the final year.
Acquire proper clinical experience that provides intellectual abilities and technical and manual skills that facilitates the incorporation of ethical and professional values, and that develops the capacity to integrate the acquired knowledge in such a way that, when finished studying, can be applied in hospital and outpatient environments, primary and community care too.
Understand the importance of updating knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes that that make up the professional competencies of the physiotherapist.
Acquire clinical management skills that include the efficient use of health resources and develop planning, management, and control activities in health care units where attention is paid to physiotherapy and its relationship with other health services.
Know the principles and theories of physical agents and their applications in physiotherapy.
Understand the principles of biomechanics and electrophysiology, and their primary applications in the field of physiotherapy.
Identify the psychological and social factors that influence the health or illness status of persons, families, and communities.
Understand and develop the theory of communication and interpersonal abilities.
Understand learning theories applied in health education and in the very learning processes throughout life.
Understand the psychological aspects in the physiotherapist/patient relationship.
Identify the factors involved in teamwork and leadership situations.
Identify the anatomical structures as a knowledge base to establish relationships dynamically with functional organization.
Understand the physiological and structural changes that can result because of applying physiotherapy.
Recognize life-threatening situations and know how to execute basic and advanced support maneuvers.
Understand the physiopathology of diseases, identifying the manifestations appearing throughout the process, as well as medical and surgical treatments, mainly in their physiotherapeutic and orthopedic aspects.
Know and identify the psychological and physical problems deriving from gender-based violence in order to train students in prevention, early detection, care, and rehabilitation for victims of such violence.
Identify the concepts, evolution, and fundamentals of physiotherapy in their scientific and professional aspects.
Understand the general theory of functioning, disability, and health, and their international classification, as well as the intervention models in physiotherapy and its clinical practice.
Learn, design, and apply the various general intervention modalities and procedures in physiotherapy: massage therapy, electrotherapy, magnet therapy, hydrotherapy, balneotherapy, climatotherapy, Thalassotherapy, thermotherapy, cryotherapy, vibrotherapy, phototherapy, pressotherapy, therapies deriving from other physical agents, as well as fundamental aspects of ergotherapy, and other therapies within area of competency of physiotherapy.
Know and apply the guidelines for good clinical practice.
Understand the fundamental concepts of health and the function of the physiotherapist in the health system.
Promote healthy lifestyles through health education.
Understand the factors related with health and the problems related with physiotherapy in the fields of primary, specialized, and occupational health care.
Understand the Spanish Healthcare system the aspects related to the management of health services, primarily those that involve physiotherapy.
Know and analyze the management processes of a service or unit of physiotherapy.
Understand and apply quality mechanisms in the practice of physiotherapy according to the criteria, indicators, and quality standards recognized and validated for proper professional practice.
Understand the ethical and legal foundations of the profession in a changing social context.
Understand the professional codes of ethics and conduct.
Pre-professional practice in the form of performing independent clinical rotations, for which a final grade is given on the competencies, at health centers, hospitals and other care centers, and that permits integrating all the knowledge, abilities, skills, activities, and values acquired in all subject matter; also developed will be all the professional competencies, qualifying for providing effective physiotherapy care.
Presentation and defense of the Final Degree Project before a university tribunal committee that consists of an assignment that integrates the training contents received and the competencies acquired.
Farming/Farming Activities, Physical and Sporting Activities, Personal Image, Food Industry, Chemistry, Health, Safety and the Environment, and Socio-Cultural Services and the Community.
3. Advanced Technician in Sports.