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PTY-40070 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

PTY-40070 - Foundations of Physiotherapy Management
Coordinator: Dale Cooper
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This module forms part of the MSc Physiotherapy programme at Keele which is an innovative programme of study which prepares the graduate for clinical practice in changing health and social care settings.
The Foundations of Physiotherapy Management module builds upon the knowledge and skills gained in the Essentials of Physiotherapy Assessment module and prepares you to deliver, and analyse the efficacy of, physiotherapy management within each of the main specialties of physiotherapy: musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiovascular and respiratory practice.

Aims
To enable students to implement and evaluate an effective evidence-based management plan in core areas of physiotherapy practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

synthesise underpinning knowledge to interpret the pathophysiology and clinical features of common conditions: 1
analyse assessment findings in order to plan and deliver an evidence-based patient-centred treatment plan: 1
based on the analysis of case scenarios, evaluate the effectiveness of selected interventions, demonstrating the capacity to modify, progress or discontinue treatment appropriately: 1

Study hours

49 hours of active learning. Typically consists of 15 hours of lectures/seminars, 25.5 hours of practicals, 2.5 hours of asynchronous lectures, and 6 hours of assessment preparation classes.
101 hours of independent learning. Typically consist of 61 hours of independent study such as note taking, preparation for teaching sessions, reviewing module content, and revision. In addition, there is typically 40 hours of guided study such as directed reading.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 100%
Interactive Practical Assessment
A 30-minute randomly allocated Interactive Practical Examination including clinical reasoning, practical tasks and exploration of theoretical underpinning to include integration of current evidence and justification of application of management technique/s in one of the three specialties: musculoskeletal, cardiovascular respiratory or neurology.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025