Gauri Chhabra
Specialities and Streams:
Physical therapy has many specialties including sports, wound care, EMG, cardiopulmonary, geriatrics, neurologic, orthopaedic and paediatrics. PTs practice in many settings, such as outpatient clinics or offices, health and wellness clinics, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, extended care facilities, private homes, education and research centres, schools, hospices, industrial and this workplaces or other occupational environments, fitness centres and sports training facilities.
Physical therapists also practice in non-patient care roles such as health policy, health insurance, and health care administration and as health care executives. Physical therapists are involved in the medical-legal field serving as experts, performing peer review and independent medical examinations.
Physiotherapy means physiotherapeutic system of medicine which includes examination, treatment, advice and instructions to any person preparatory to or for the purpose of or in connection with movement dysfunction, bodily malfunction, physical disorder, disability, healing and pain from trauma and disease, physical and mental conditions using physical agents including exercise, mobilization,manipulation, mechanical and electrotherapy, activity and devices or diagnosis, treatment and prevention.A physiotherapy course comprises of a broad study in the biological, surgical, physical and medical functioning of the human body. There are many fields in physiotherapy like Cardiopulmonary, Geriatric, Neurological, Orthopaedic, Paediatric, Integumentary and Women’s Health etc.The duration of the course is up to 4 years in addition to an internship of 6 months. Physiotherapy courses are offered all over India and abroad.
Eligibility
Candidates who wish to apply for the course in Physiotherapy must have passed the Common Entrance Test (CET). Once they have passed this entrance examination, they can go for the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course (BPC). The basic qualification required for the admission into the BPC is a pass in class XII or equivalent with PCB and English. A minimum of 50% marks should be scored in all of these subjects. Candidates must be atleast 17 years of age at the time of applying.
Career Cursor:
Candidates can specialize in any of these fields after the completion of their course. After the course is completed, candidates could either go for higher studies or find employment in private or Government Hospitals. Starting own clinic is also an option available. To do this, a physiotherapist should have a B.Sc. degree.
Colleges in Punjab
College of Physiotherapy, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research, Chandigarh.
Department ofPhysiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Department of Physiotherapy, Punjabi University, Patiala.
Adesh College of Physiotherapy, Adesh Inst. Medical Sciences, Muktsar
All Saints College of Physiotherapy, Ludhiana
Lyallpur Khalsa College of Physiotherapy, Jalandhar
Department of Physiotherapy, Punjabi University, Patiala
Gian Sagar College of Physiotherapy, Banur, Dist Patiala
DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Jalandhar
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