General information

Academic year: 2023/2024

Level: Bachelor

Type: Bachelor's Degree

ECTS Credits: 264

Length of programme (full time): 4 YEARS

Mode of delivery: Face-to-face

Level of qualification: Graduado(a) (MECES level 2 - EQF level 6)

Model of study: Full-time (42-60 ECTS per school year)

Work-based learning (Practicum): Yes


More info:


Programme coordinator

Name: ROSA MARÍA, TAPIA HARO / rtapia@ugrzbqQ05am.es


Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

  • Therapy and rehabilitation (0915)

Main focus

The Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy is included in Law 44/2003 (21 November 2003) on the organisation of healthcare professions. Physiotherapy is a health profession that can be carried out autonomously or within the context of multidisciplinary health teams. The main objective of this degree programme is to train students to generate their own knowledge, which will be evidence-based, versatile, humanistic, and community service-oriented. Students will be able to make judgements and perform actions that are tailored to the needs of each patient, thanks to their ethical values and aptitude for critical thinking and lifelong learning. The physiotherapist can practise their activities in different fields such as orthopedics, neurology, paediatrics, and cardiorespiratory diseases, among others.

Competences

1.   To know and understand the sciences, models, techniques, and instruments on which physiotherapy is based and developed.
2.   To know and understand the methods, procedures, and physiotherapy actions, channeled into their clinical application for rehabilitation or functional recovery, as well as carrying out activities aimed at the promotion, prevention and maintenance of health.
3.   To acquire the appropriate clinical experience providing intellectual, technical and manual skills, making easier the incorporation of ethical and professional values, and developing the ability to integrate the acquired knowledges.
4.   To analyse the functional condition of the patient, considering physical, psychological, and social aspects.
5.   Diagnostic analysis of physiotherapy’s cares according to the rules and with the internationally recognized scientific instruments.
6.   To design the physiotherapy’s intervention plan according to several criteria: adequacy, validity, and efficiency. To execute, supervise, and coordinate the physiotherapy’s intervention plan using the appropiate therapeutic tools taking into consideration the personal, social, and physical circumstances of each user.
7.   To analyse the evolution of the final results obtained with the treatment in relation to the marked objectives. And finally, to prepare a results report.

Programme qualification

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Fisioterapia (Melilla)

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows: Basic Formation (60 ECTS) Obligatory (156 ECTS) Optional (18 ECTS) Practicum (24 ECTS) Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Access to further studies

This Bachelor’s degree gives access to master’s studies.

Programme courses

Course Name Year Period
ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES 4th Year 1st Semester
ANATOMY OF THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM 1st Year 1st Semester
ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS AND VISCERAL SYSTEMS 1st Year 2nd Semester
ASSESSMENTS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY 2nd Year 1st Semester
BIOCHEMISTRY 1st Year 1st Semester
BIOMECHANICS 1st Year 2nd Semester
CLINICAL SKILLS IN LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCIES 2nd Year 2nd Semester
COMMUNITY PHYSIOTHERAPY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT IN PHYSIOTHERAPY 3rd Year 2nd Semester
CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY 1st Year 1st Semester
ELECTROTHERAPY AND HEAT THERAPY 2nd Year 2nd Semester
ENGLISH IN HEALTH SCIENCES 2nd Year 2nd Semester
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY 1st Year 1st Semester
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 1 (NEUROLOGICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL) 1st Year 1st Semester
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 2 (CARDIORESPIRATORY, ENDOCRINE, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY) 1st Year 2nd Semester
LEGISLATION, DEONTOLOGY AND GENDER EQUALITY 1st Year 2nd Semester
MAJOR SYNDROMES, TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPAEDICS 2nd Year 1st Semester
MASSAGE THERAPY AND HYDROTHERAPY 2nd Year 1st Semester
NUTRITION AND HEALTH 2nd Year 2nd Semester
PATHOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, BRAIN SURGERY AND OTHER SYSTEMS 2nd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSICAL THERAPY 2nd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS IN CARDIO-RESPIRATORY, GERONTOLOGICAL AND PAEDIATRIC CONTEXTS 3rd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS IN NEUROLOGICAL PATHOLOGIES 3rd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS IN PATHOLOGIES OF THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM: ORTHOPAEDICS AND RHEUMATOLOGY 3rd Year 1st Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS IN VASCULAR AND UROGYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY AND OTHER SYSTEMS 3rd Year 1st Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN CARDIO-RESPIRATORY, GERONTOLOGICAL AND PAEDIATRIC PATHOLOGIES 3rd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDIC PATHOLOGY: RHEUMATOLOGY AND TRAUMATOLOGY 3rd Year 1st Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN NEUROLOGICAL PATHOLOGIES 3rd Year 2nd Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN PATHOLOGIES OF THE PERIPHERAL CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND OTHER SYSTEMS 3rd Year 1st Semester
PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH 3rd Year 1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY 1st Year 2nd Semester
PSYCHOLOGY OF REHABILITATION 4th Year 1st Semester
RHEUMATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY 2nd Year 1st Semester
STATISTICS 2nd Year 1st Semester
SUPERVISED PRACTICUM 1 4th Year
SUPERVISED PRACTICUM 2 4th Year
UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION 4th Year

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

General regulations

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

 

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

 

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations

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