Physiotherapy degree

Experiential learning in a safe, true-to-life environment where you face many simulated clinical cases, interacting with other Health students. With our Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) system.

More than 700 hours of simulation practice from the first academic year onwards and 1,200 hours of clinical practice training from the 2nd year with special rotations.

Take part in projects run in the Research Groups. The best Graduation projects are also awarded prizes, jointly with the Fundación Dr Pedro Guillén.

• HAB1. Administer the various physiotherapy treatments in a comprehensive way, with the required technical skill.
• HAB2. Apply clinical reasoning as the basis for patient intervention.
• HAB3. Perform the role of physiotherapist as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• HAB4. Apply the scientific method as a basis for the therapeutic approach.
• HAB5. Use the scientific and technical language specific to Health Sciences.
• HAB6. Apply specialist knowledge to clinical practice.
• HAB7. Assess the patient’s functional status, taking into account physical, psychological and social aspects.
• HAB8. Design a physiotherapy intervention plan on the basis of suitability, validity and efficiency.
• HAB9. Understand and carry out the specific methods and techniques related to the locomotor system, neurological processes, the respiratory system, the cardiocirculatory system, and static and dynamic disorders.
• HAB10. Evaluate how the results have progressed following treatment with respect to the objectives set.
• HAB11. Prepare a physiotherapy discharge summary once the proposed objectives have been met.

• COMP1. Gain the clinical experience necessary for acquiring intellectual, technical and manual skills; for enabling the inclusion of ethical and professional values; and for developing the ability to integrate acquired knowledge. As such, at the end of their studies, students will be able to apply their knowledge to real clinical cases in hospital and out-of-hospital environments, as well as to interventions in primary and community care.
• COMP2. Recognise patients’ needs and their potential dysfunctions.
• COMP3. Diagnostic assessment of physiotherapy care according to internationally recognised standards and validation tools.
• COMP4. Execute, manage and coordinate the physiotherapy intervention plan using your own therapeutic tools according to the user’s individual circumstances.
• COMP5. Know how to apply specific methods and techniques that take into account the impact of orthopaedics in physiotherapy, reflex therapy techniques, as well as other alternative and/or complementary methods and techniques proven to be safe and effective in accordance with scientific development.
• COMP6. Provide effective physiotherapy care, giving comprehensive care to patients.
• COMP7. Intervening in the fields of health promotion, prevention, protection, and recovery.
• COMP8. Know how to work as a core part of a professional team, whereby professionals and other staff at healthcare organisations are structured in either a unidisciplinary or multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary way.
• COMP9. Incorporate the ethical and legal principles that govern the profession into professional practice, and include social and community considerations in decision making.
• COMP10. Contribute to the development of healthcare protocols for physiotherapy based on scientific evidence, promoting professional activity that stimulates research in physiotherapy.
• COMP11. Perform physiotherapeutic interventions based on comprehensive healthcare, which requires multidisciplinary cooperation, process integration and continuity of care.
• COMP12. Incorporate continuous research and lifelong learning into your professional practice by using the best available evidence, and by formulating questions based on your own practice in order to inform and design research projects.
• COMP13. Acquire clinical management skills, including the efficient use of healthcare resources. Carry out planning, management and control tasks in health facilities that offer physiotherapy and oversee its relationship with other health services.
• COMP14. Communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing, with users of the healthcare system and other professionals.
• COMP15. Act professionally in line with the values inherent to the profession as set out in the physiotherapy code of ethics, while respecting the legal framework from a critical perspective.
• COMP16. Understand and act in line with the interactive behaviour of the person according to gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context, while respecting people’s opinions, beliefs, values, privacy, confidentiality and professional secrecy, and also taking into account the life cycle.
• COMP17. Work as a physiotherapist in an interdisciplinary environment, coordinate with other professionals and work as part of a team in routine practice.
• COMP18. Manage, organise and optimise work process or care services in the field of physiotherapy according to current legal and administrative requirements, incorporating inclusive, participatory organisational models.
• COMP19. Develop your professional role as a physiotherapist in different settings (hospital, social health and community environments, among others), employing a comprehensive care approach that ensures continuity and comprehensiveness in public health services.
• COMP20. Identify, describe and apply the ethical, deontological and social justice principles to your professional practice with scientific and professional rigour, and a persistent attitude of service to citizens.
• COMP21. Apply the acquired knowledge, skills and competencies in professional physiotherapy environments, in a comprehensive and practical way.
• COMP22. Prepare, present and defend an intervention/research paper/project in the field of physiotherapy sciences, in public, before a university panel.
• COMP23. Create new ideas and concepts from known ideas and concepts, reaching conclusions or solving problems, challenges, and situations in an original way in the academic and profesional environment.
• COMP24. Transmit messages (ideas, concepts, feelings, arguments), both orally and written, strategically aligning the interests of the different stakeholders involved in the communication, in the academic and profesional environment.
• COMP25. Use information and communication technologies to search for and analyze data, research, communicate and learn.
• COMP26. Influence others to guide and direct them towards specific objectives and goals, taking into consideration their points of view, especially in professional situations derived from volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments in today's world.
• COMP27. Cooperate with others in shared academic or professional goals, participating actively, empathically and exercising active listening and respect for all members.
• COMP28. Integrate analysis with critical thinking in a process of evaluating different ideas or professional possibilities and their potential for error, based on evidence and objective data that lead to effective and valid decision-making.
• COMP29. Adapt to adverse, unexpected situations that cause stress, whether personal or professional, overcoming them and even turning them into opportunities for positive change.
• COMP30. Show ethical behavior and social commitment in performance of professional activities, as well as sensitivity to inequality and diversity.

Members of the Degree Quality Committee (CCT)

• Vice-Rector of the Bachelor’s Degree
• Degree Programme Coordinator
• Department Director
• Students
• Professors (Graduation Project Coordinator and Internship Coordinator)
• Quality Manager (Academic Quality and Compliance)
• Academic Advisor
• Academic Director
• Learning Assessment Officer

Main results of the degree

• Develop the plan for curriculum integration of the simulation.
• Develop the integrated curriculum strategy.
• Promoting the dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Main results of the degree

• Dropout rate: 12.6
• Efficiency rate: 100.0
• Graduation rate: 74%.
• Employability rate: 93.70%.
• Student satisfaction with the degree: 3.7
• Satisfaction of professors with the degree: 4.5
• Student satisfaction with the teaching staff: 4.3
• Satisfaction of the PAS with the quality of the degrees of the Faculty/School: 4.5
• Satisfaction of graduates with the degree: 4.2

Process results

• Final Verification Report 2008
• Final Follow-Up Evaluation Report 2012
• Modifications Evaluation Report 2017
• Modifications Evaluation Report 2020
• Final Accreditation Renewal Report 2016
• Modification Report 2011
• Modification Report 2012
• Modification Report 2016
• Verification Report 2024

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