BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

The aim of the program is to educate high quality university-level physiotherapists on the basis of the latest fundamental and applied interdisciplinary science and modern technological achievements. The graduates will be ethically responsible, creative and enterprising, professionally providing modern research-based physiotherapy services, which include testing and evaluation of the patient’s clinical condition, the need for physiotherapy and diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of the physiotherapy procedures.

COMPETENCIES

Have clinical thinking framework based on knowledge of biomedical sciences/ Collect, analyse, and critically interpret subjective and objective information related to the patient (client)/ Plan and carry out physiotherapeutic assessment on the basis of the clinical hypothesis/ Determine physiotherapeutic diagnosis and the need for physical therapy based on the collected information, assessment analysis and critical interpretation/ Examine and interpret central – nervous, sensory and reflector injuries in motor control for different types of patients based on current research and valid methods/ Examine and interpret impairments of cognitive functions for different types of patients based on current research and valid methods/ Examine and interpret functional condition and impairments of the cardiovascular system for different types of patients based on current research and valid methods/ Examine and interpret impairments of functional condition of skeletal muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons for different types of patients based on current research and valid methods.