| Code | WB-SJ |
|---|---|
| Organizational unit | Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy |
| Field of studies | Physiotherapy |
| Form of studies | Full-time |
| Level of education | unitary (first+second cycle) |
| Educational profile | practical |
| Language(s) of instruction | Polish |
| Minimum number of students | 20 |
| Duration | 5 years, 10 semesters |
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PREDISPOSITIONS
Physical fitness, ability of establishing contacts with others and working in teams, communicativeness, high personal culture, patience, consistency, willingness to help others.
WHAT SUBJECT IS IMPORTANT TO PASS DURING THE MATURITY EXAM?
A modern, foreign language and 2 subjects from the following: biology, chemistry, physics, Polish language.
CAREER
Completing the physiotherapy department offers a wide range of future job prospects. The graduates are prepared to work in positions of physiotherapists in health service providers such as hospitals of various profiles, specialist medical clinics, rehabilitation centres or sanatorium and spa resorts. Physiotherapists may also pursue their professional career in educational centres (e.g. interschool centre of corrective gymnastics, in special care and rehabilitation facilities), sports clubs, sheltered workshops, workshops for people with disabilities or non-governmental units (foundations, societies) acting for the sake of the disabled. Currently, biological renewal treatment rooms gain in their importance, similarly to SPA centres, fitness clubs, health and beauty clinics where the physiotherapists may also find employment. Additionally, changes undergoing within the society are also responsible for the shift in popularity of the physiotherapist job as the nation undergoes ageing processes and there is a greater awareness of leading a healthy lifestyle.
PLACE OF CLASSES
Opole, Prószkowska St. 76 Opole (2nd Campus of Opole University of Technology) and a part of clinical classes is implemented in health service facilities during the week with classes.
UNIFORM MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME
The programme lasts 10 semesters in the daily, full – time mode – S (on site).
They are completed with obtaining a Master’s degree with the right to take the Polish Physiotherapy License (Prawo Wykonywania Zawodu Fizjoterapeuty).
The graduates acquire knowledge from the area of appropriate execution of all the physiotherapy procedures and qualifications required to conduct physiotherapy at people of different ages, with various dysfunctions and disease entity. They also possess a thorough knowledge from the scope of running functional diagnostics and interpreting its results, specialist methods of therapeutic proceedings as well as planning and controlling the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation outcomes. It provides them with an opportunity for individual sessions, in rehabilitation teams functioning at health service providers, sports centres, biological renewal facilities or organizations acting for the sake of the disabled people. People who obtain a Master’s degree of Physiotherapy are prepared to continue their education at the postgraduate cycle, in multiple courses on specialist methods applied in physiotherapy. Additionally, due to the acquired knowledge and skills connected with planning and conducting research works, the graduates are ready to continue their education at the third cycle degree – doctoral programme.
Among the fundamental educational contents there are e.g.: human anatomy (proper one, palpation, X-ray), physiology, clinical biomechanics, kinesiology, genetics, pharmacology, psychotherapy, economy and marketing in health service, foreign languages.
Among the professional educational contents there are such subject blocks as e.g.: kinesiotherapy, physical therapy, medical massage, manual therapy, in movement organs dysfunctions and internal diseases, special methodology of physiotherapy and APA as well as disabled sports. Moreover, the recreational physical activity and active forms of body&mind.
The students may flexibly create the proceedings of the degree programme as they are provided with choice of the subjects which are the closest to their interests. Among the selectable subjects there are e.g.: physiotherapy in beauty market, sport physiotherapy, water exercises, medical taping, manual lymphatic drainage, human muscular taping.