Introduction  

Physical therapists are health care professionals who maintain, restore, and improve movement, activity, and health enabling an individual to have optimal functioning and quality of life while ensuring patient safety and applying evidence to provide efficient and effective care.

Program Outcomes 

By the end of DPT program, graduates will be able to:

1. Manage acute and chronic conditions in pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
2. Demonstrate collaborative teamwork abilities with colleagues, juniors, seniors and other health care professionals for delivery of optimal patient care.
3. Demonstrate patient safety protocols, communication skills and evidence-based interventions in physical therapy practice.
4. Demonstrate leadership and management skills for supervisory roles, clinic ownership and positions in health-care administrations.
5. Write a scholarly article that can be suitable for publication in indexed journals.
6. Take part in the promotion of physical health and prevention of fall-related injuries in community, primary and tertiary healthcare settings.
7. Efficiently and appropriately refer cases to the concerned specialist where appropriate.
8. Demonstrate reasoning and clinical decision-making on the basis of basic science knowledge.

Scope of work  

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Physiotherapists are an integral part of the multi-disciplinary teams in critical care and are uniquely qualified with skills and expertise to work with the assessment and management of respiratory complications, physical deconditioning, and
  neuromuscular and musculoskeletal conditions.
• Pediatric Physiotherapy: Pediatric Physiotherapy is the treatment of children who have developmental dysfunctions and specific pediatric disorders. The therapy also aims to optimize a child’s functions as they grow, irrespective of their physical condition. It takes into consideration the impact of growth and growth spurts on the child and uses this knowledge to treat each child accordingly.
• Neurological Physiotherapy: Neurological Physiotherapy is focused on working with individuals who have a neurological disorder or disease. These include Alzheimer’s disease, brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord
  injury, and stroke.
• Geriatric Physiotherapy: Geriatric Physiotherapy covers a wide area concerning older adults. many conditions affect people as they grow older such as arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, hip, and other joint replacements, balance disorders, incontinence, etc.
• Spine And Back Problems: Physiotherapy can help by decreasing the spasm of the musculature of the spine. Physical therapy can also help to improve posture and decrease mechanical back pain. Amputee rehabilitation and physiotherapy service provide specialized rehabilitation for patients following the loss of a limb. Burns and plastics physiotherapists work very closely with other teams to rehabilitate patients who require skin grafts, flaps, breast reconstructions and other forms of plastic surgery.
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Physiotherapy services provide assistance to pulmonary rehabilitation patients with chronic lung diseases to improve their functional capacity and quality of life. Palliative care physiotherapy in the field of oncology and palliative care plays an important role in both malignant and non-malignant cases. Physiotherapy optimizes their quality of life and increases their life expectancy.
• Women’s Health Physiotherapy: The women’s health physiotherapy team provides extensive in-patient and out-patient service to obstetrics and gynecology patients. This includes a series of antenatal classes, pelvic floor muscles exercises, treatment for pregnancy-induced discomforts such as low back pain, symphysis pubis dysfunction, carpal tunnel syndrome, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, and health promotion in the postnatal ward.

 Degree Awarding Authority  

Jinnah Sindh Medical University will award a degree after the completion of five years.