UNDERGRADUATE
Physiotherapy
about the
Program
The physiotherapy program belongs to the field of health, whose knowledge has evolved through deepening and validation, to respond to the challenges posed by different population groups at different stages of human development, to contribute to improving the quality of life of people and communities, by promoting and preventing movement disturbances.
For the School of Physiotherapy of the UIS the concept of quality is expressed through the mission, purposes, and objectives according to the characteristics and properties relevant to the formation of the physical therapist, related to the context, and the need for change required by society. The program’s quality paradigm is based on the strengths and opportunities of the Institution, Faculty, School, and Context; which is evident in the training processes and the quality of the graduate professional.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 690 | Qualified Registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 013115 dated July 21, 2021, with a validity of 7 years.
DEGREE:
Physical therapist
Duration:
10 semesters
Modality:
In-Person / In-Spanish
Campus:
Mesón de los Búcaros, Bucaramanga
APPLICANT
Profile
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The aspiring Physiotherapy must be characterized by having:
- Excellent interpersonal relationships
- A sense of improvement and desire for constant updating
- Self-confidence
- A permanent provision of service and collaboration
- Ease of adaptation to various situations
- Interdisciplinary work capacity and interaction with groups
- A good physical condition
GRADUATE
Profile
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The Physiotherapist of the UIS is a professional with a great humanistic, ethical and critical sense, open to the change and progress of science, committed to the political, social, cultural and economic development of the country, who bases his actions on integral training, which allows him to develop competences in the cognitive, subjective and social dimensions.
It exercises its specific field of professional action, autonomously, through the multidimensional theoretical foundation around its object of study, human movement, as well as the definition of its models of evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention. It maintains an open attitude towards research and interdisciplinary work that allows it to validate and generate the knowledge and development of socially significant alternatives of action.
His professional practice is oriented to the design, execution, direction, and control of programs or projects of Physiotherapeutic intervention for the promotion of health, kinetic well-being, the prevention of deficiencies, disabilities, and changes in physical condition in individuals and communities at risk, the recovery of systems essential for their maintenance and participation in interdisciplinary processes of enablement and integral rehabilitation.
OUR
Accreditations
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Resolution No. 015876 dated August 25, 2021 of the Ministry of National Education with a validity of 6 years.
Academic
Curriculum
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Code: 24948 Credits: 0 – University Life and Culture
Code: 23427 Credits: 3 – Language Workshop
Code: 23423 Credits: 1 – Physical and Sports Culture
Code: 22322 Credits: 1 – Introduction to Physiotherapy
Code: 22321 Credits: 1 – History of Science
Code: 20422 Credits: 6 – Biosciences I
Code: 00002 Credits: 3 – Elective
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Code: 23424 Credits: 4 – English I
Code: 22356 Credits: 5 – Biosciences II
Code: 22325 Credits: 1 – Human Development I
Code: 22324 Credits: 1 – Man and Movement
Code: 22323 Credits: 7 – General Morphophysiology
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Code: 23582 Credits: 5 – Fundamentals of Neurophysiology
Code: 23425 Credits: 4 – English II
Code: 22334 Credits: 3 – Disaster Prevention
Code: 22327 Credits: 4 – Fundamentals of Biomechanics I
Code: 22326 Credits: 1 – Human Development II
Code: 21957 Credits: 2 – Mental Health
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Code: 23583 Credits: 2 – Health and Community
Code: 22336 Credits: 4 – Movement Pathology
Code: 22332 Credits: 1 – Professional Ethics
Code: 22331 Credits: 6 – Fundamentals of Biomechanics II
Code: 22330 Credits: 3 – Physiology of Exercise
Code: 00002 Credits: 3 – Elective
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Code: 23584 Credits: 6 – Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy
Code: 22339 Credits: 4 – Research I
Code: 22338 Credits: 3 – Physical Conditioning
Code: 22337 Credits: 2 – Administration in Physiotherapy
Code: 22335 Credits: 6 – Physiotherapeutic Diagnosis
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Code: 23587 Credits: 3 – Body Control
Code: 23586 Credits: 4 – Modality Therapeutic Exercise I
Code: 23585 Credits: 4 – Physical Modalities I
Code: 22344 Credits: 3 – Pharmacology
Code: 22343 Credits: 4 – Research II
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Code: 23589 Credits: 4 – Physical Modalities II
Code: 23588 Credits: 3 – Modality Therapeutic Exercise II
Code: 22348 Credits: 5 – Promotion and Prevention in Physiotherapy
Code: 22347 Credits: 4 – Seminar I
Code: 22345 Credits: 5 – Function and Disability
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Code: 23590 Credits: 12 – Physiotherapeutic Intervention
Code: 22352 Credits: 4 – Seminar II
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Code: 22354 Credits: 17 – Service Teaching Practice I
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Code: 22355 Credits: 17 – Service Teaching Practice II
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School of Physiotherapy
Telephone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3147 – 3132
+57 (607) 635 8582
E-mail: escftp@uis.edu.co
UIS Mesón de los Búcaros
Bucaramanga, Santander
Av. Quebrada Seca #28-49
Facultad de Salud
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.