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University of Nottingham: Veterinary Physiotherapy

Institution University of Nottingham
Department School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Web http://www.nottingham.ac.uk
Study type Taught

Summary

Veterinary physiotherapy plays a vital role in helping animals recover or adapt from injury or surgery. Working with vets, owners, and businesses, you'll ensure animals have the best quality of life after they recover.

At Nottingham, our veterinary physiotherapy course is part-time so that you can continue your career while you learn. With an emphasis on hands-on learning with real animals, plus all the theory. We'll ensure you have the skills you need to become a registered veterinary physiotherapist.

Ideal for veterinary nurses and surgeons, musculoskeletal practitioners, as well as other related professions - for example, defence animal trainers.

We do not accept international/EU applications for this course.

In year one you will cover:

  • electro therapies

  • professionalism

  • anatomy and physiology

  • pathology

  • clinical skills

  • core manual skills and clinical reasoning in the practicals

In year two you will cover:

  • applied clinical reasoning

  • exercise programming

  • case reporting

  • professionalism

  • project proposal for year three

  • advancing your manual skills, clinical reasoning and managing cases within the clinics and placements

In year three you will cover:

A project with relevance to veterinary physiotherapy. You will be allocated a supervisor and be given full support to run and complete your project. The projects run for 365 days.

Master of Science - MSc (PG)

Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip

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