MASTERS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSICAL THERAPY

COURSE OVERVIEW

This program has been designed to meet both national and international standards fulfilling criteria for further education and job opportunities. Courses are designed to enable full time study over two years period.

PROGRAM MISSION

The MSPT Program is committed to produce professional practitioners and effective teachers to address complex musculoskeletal problems in dynamic educational and healthcare environments to serve the community.

AIM OF THE COURSE

To produce proficient physical therapists who are capable to deal in uncertain, complex and dynamic situations.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, students of MSPT should be able to;

Apply knowledge to manage patient/client with complex musculoskeletal problems.
Communicate effectively with patients and their families regarding health-related conditions.
Effectively write and verbally communicate with health professional and other service providers.
Demonstrate advance theoretical concepts and principals relative to physical therapy practice.

Apply evidence based physical therapy practice under dynamic situations.

Program Out-Comes

After completion of the program students will be able to;

Examine and provide Physical Therapy services to the patients having musculoskeletal and neurological disorder in their own discipline.
Function as a member of multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in disabled community.
Design education based and research oriented Physical Therapy practice.
Use communication skills verbally and in descriptive pattern to interact with patients and community.
Conduct their activities in a professional and ethical manner.
Develop lifelong learning and professional growth.
Describe problem in the Physical Therapy practice and understand their difficulties.

Design experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results.

Semester wise break-up along with Credit Hours

SEMESTER	Course Code	NAME OF SUBJECT	CREDITS
FIRST	FIRST YEAR
	MSK-701	Sports Biomechanics	3 (2+1)
	MSK-702	Musculoskeletal Disorders & Sports Injuries-I	3 (2+1)
	RSC-703	Bio-statistics & Epidemiology	3 (2+1)
	MSK-704	Advance Physical Therapy Techniques (Musculoskeletal)-I	3 (2+1)
			12
SECOND	MSK-711	Musculoskeletal Disorders & Sports Injuries-II	3 (2+1)
	RSC-712	Research Methodology	3 (2+1)
	MSK-713	Advance Physical Therapy Techniques (Musculoskeletal)-II	3 (2+1)
			9
THIRD	SECOND YEAR
	MSK-714	Clinical Placement-I (OPD-MSK)	3(0-3)
	MSK-715	Clinical Placement-II (OPD-Sports)	3(0-3)
	MSK-716	Clinical Placement-III (IPD-Orthopedics)	9
FOURTH	RSC-710	Research Thesis / Dissertation	6
FOURTH			6
		TOTAL CREDITS	36

Total Credit Hours:

The Total credit hours will be 36.