Physiotherapy with Foundation Year MSci (Hons)

At Keele University, we’re proud to be consistently ranked in the Top 3 UK universities for student satisfaction, which is testimony to the safe, supportive and welcoming campus we hope you’ll soon call home.The course will provide you with the requisite science knowledge, enhance your study skills and give you an introduction to the employability skills required by health professionals. The Foundation Year is a well established and successful course which offers progression onto the full range of health degrees at Keele.The Foundation Year offers an opportunity for students to enter a degree course in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences who do not meet the necessary criteria for direct entry. This is often because they have not studied the subjects required or because they have gained non-traditional qualifications. The programme of modules is tailored to the student’s chosen degree route.After you have completed your Foundation Year, you could progress on to our Physiotherapy programme, approved and accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Our exciting 4 year Master's level programme will develop your clinical, leadership, management and research skills to meet the demands and challenges of current healthcare. You will learn how to promote, maintain and restore an individual’s physical well-being through both academic, clinical and practical teaching. Following the completion of this course, you will be eligible for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.Physiotherapy plays a vital role in health and social care and provides a range of career paths from practice through to leadership and management roles. Keele will help you develop high levels of academic and professional competence, seeing you study current content and contemporary practice, learning alongside other professions to promote an awareness of the present and future demands in health and social care. Our course embraces a vision of patient-centred care within health, social and wider care settings and you will gain invaluable experience in various high quality learning clinical environments. You will study in a supportive environment, encouraging reflection and enriched by research awareness.A physiotherapy degree from Keele will develop your attributes as a competent practitioner, flexible to the changing demands of health and social care. You will have the skills to practice as an autonomous professional across a range of practice environments both nationally (including the NHS, private sector, occupational health and performance sport), and internationally.