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Department of Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is study program of Study Program System, controlled by Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic as knowledge field (§ 50 part 1 of Law no. 13/2002), in which the study program graduate (§ 51 part 1 of Law no. 131/2002) achieves professional ability/competence for working in origin occupation, or ability for continuing in subsequence university study. 

Physiotherapy study program is posible to study, according to the Study Programe System, in:

• 1^st university study degree - bachelor degree (Bc.) with standard study length of 3 years (6 semesters) in full time and half time study
• 2^nd university study degree - master`s degree (Mgr.) with standard study length of 2 years (4 semesters) in full time and half time study

Professional graduate profile features (1^st degree - bachelor study):

Graduate is qualified university health care worker with broad professional profile. He is able of diagnostic and treatment practices and methods of physiatry, balneology and treatment rehabilitation. He is able of providing procedures that requires professional erudition, of work independence, of making work decidions, of personal responsibility in treatment rehabilitation, in primary, secondary and tertial health care. He is able of preventive, diagnostic,treatment, consulting and educational practice. He indicates, sets up and provides basic techniques, methods, physiotherapy approaches and practices, basic physiatric and spa methods, hydrotherapy, occupation therapy, elektrotherapy and kinesiotherapy. The graduate can apply for job in hospitals, clinics, spas, and physiotherapy departments, also in other departments providing preventive and treatment health care, or protecting and supporting the health. The graduate has precondition for subsequence university, postgradual and continuous study.

Professional graduate profile features (2^nd degree – master`s degree):

The graduate achieves qualification for working as Master of physiotherapy. He develops physiotherapy practice in each field and departments of health care systems. He is able of critical thinking and working with significant research results, participates on research activities and using the scientifically proved methods, approaches, and techniques, which can be provided by qualified professionals in physiotherapy. He identifies physiotherapy problems, which could be research objects. He uses and applies research results in physiotherapy within the ethical principles, human and patient rights with maximal quality and efficiency emphasized. Furthermore, the graduate can applies in profession management field, in research and in education of physiotherapists on relevant degree.