About the Programme
The Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) is an undergraduate professional programme designed to prepare competent physiotherapists with comprehensive knowledge and clinical skills in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of physical dysfunction and movement disorders. A physiotherapist is a healthcare professional trained to conduct thorough clinical examinations and relevant investigations to evaluate movement impairments, functional limitations, disability, and pain resulting from trauma, disease, or congenital conditions. Physiotherapists utilize evidence-based physical modalities such as therapeutic exercise, manual therapy (mobilization and manipulation), electrotherapy, and thermal agents to promote healing, restore function, and enhance overall physical well-being. The scope of physiotherapy practice includes prevention, health promotion, fitness enhancement, rehabilitation, and patient education. As per the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021, a physiotherapist is qualified to practice independently or as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, with a minimum qualification of a baccalaureate degree in physiotherapy.
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) is a five-year undergraduate programme designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of basic sciences and evidence-based physiotherapy practice. The programme integrates comprehensive theoretical knowledge with extensive clinical training to develop competent and ethical healthcare professionals. It imparts practical expertise in core subjects such as Exercise Therapy, Electrotherapy, Orthopedics and Traumatology, etc. followed in programme structure. The programme emphasizes assessment, diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation of movement dysfunction to restore functional independence and promote optimal health. Practical and clinical postings ensure hands-on exposure to patient evaluation, clinical reasoning, and evidence-based treatment planning. The curriculum is structured in accordance with the guidelines of the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021. Upon successful completion of the academic coursework, students must undergo a compulsory one-year clinical internship, providing comprehensive supervised training and preparing them for independent practice or multidisciplinary healthcare settings.
Program Outcomes (PO’s)
- PO1: Demonstrate competencies to provide quality care to the individuals and populations to optimize their movement, function, and quality of life.
- PO2: Demonstrate competency to examine, assess, evaluate, treat and prescribe physiotherapeutic management of various disease, disorders and trauma conditions.
- PO3: Promote health and implement strategies informed by best available research evidence to prevent and minimize impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions caused due to various disorders.
- PO4: Demonstrate the commitment to provide ethical care through high standards of professional practice.
- PO5: Demonstrate abilities to communicate effectively to augment therapeutic and professional relationships.
- PO6: Demonstrate competency to prescribe and comprehend various diagnostic imaging, electrophysiological, hematological and bio- chemistry investigations for proper diagnosis, treatment or referral to other healthcare professionals.
- PO7: Demonstrate competencies to integrate best available research evidence in to clinical decision making and practice.
- PO8: Exhibits commitment towards continuous learning and scholarly activities.
- PO9: Demonstrate abilities to work effectively with Healthcare team in providing patient centered care.
- PO10: Demonstrate abilities to manage self, time, resources and priorities to ensure safe, effective, and sustainable services.
- PO11: Demonstrate competencies in quality assurance relevant to Physiotherapy practice.
Program Specific Outcomes (PSo’s):
- PSO1: Clinical Competency in Physiotherapy Practice: Graduates will acquire the essential cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills required to function as competent physiotherapists, capable of independently examining, evaluating, diagnosing, planning, executing, and documenting physiotherapy interventions in both independent and multidisciplinary healthcare settings.
- PSO2: Assessment and Functional Evaluation Skills: Graduates will be able to assess patients for physical impairments and functional limitations, apply clinical reasoning, and perform appropriate routine physiotherapeutic procedures based on systematic evaluation.
- PSO3: Therapeutic Intervention and Equipment operations/Procedures: Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in planning and delivering physiotherapy treatment, including both electrotherapy and exercise therapy, and will be competent in handling the safe operation and procedures independently.
- PSO4: Health Promotion and Patient Education: Graduates will be able to educate patients and caregivers regarding health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation strategies, and the effective use of physiotherapeutic interventions to enhance functional independence and quality of life.
- PSO5: Professionalism and Outcome Achievement: Graduates will demonstrate professional ethics, effective communication, teamwork, and clinical competencies necessary to successfully achieve the intended programme outcomes and contribute to quality patient care.