Application For Bachelor of Physiotherapy
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Course Overview
Physiotherapy is a branch of modern medical science which assess, diagnose, treat physical ailments through physical agents, which helps to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout one’s lifespan.
Physical therapy is provided in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, pain, diseases, disorders, conditions, or environmental factors and with the understanding that functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy.
The duration of the BPT Course shall be four and a half years including an internship of six months.
Career Scope
The scope of physical therapist practice is not limited to direct patient/client care, but also includes:
- Public health strategies
- Advocating for patients/clients and for health
- Supervising and delegating to others
- Leading
- Managing
- Teaching
- Research
- Developing and implementing health policy at the local, national and international levels
Eligibility Criteria
A Candidate seeking admission to the first-year Bachelor in Physiotherapy (BPT):
i) Should have passed two years Pre University examination conducted by the Department of PreUniversity Education, Karnataka State, with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects. The candidate shall have passed subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects. The candidate shall have passed subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology individually also.
Or,
ii) Shall have passed any other examination conducted by Boards/Councils/Intermediate examination established by State Government/Central Government and recognized as equivalent to a two year Pre University Examination by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences/ Association of Indian Universities (AIU), with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects. The candidate shall have passed subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects. The candidate shall have passed subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology individually also.
Or,
iii) Candidates who have completed the Pre-university course with Vocational Physiotherapy as their optional subject are eligible for admission to the BPT course.
The selection of students to a course of Physiotherapy shall be based on merit provided that:
- In case of admission on the basis of qualifying examination, a candidate for admission to BPT course must have passed individually in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English and must have obtained not less than 45% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology in the qualifying examination.
- In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, or Category I, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology together in the qualifying examination is not less than 40% instead of 45% as above.
A candidate seeking admission to Bachelor of Physiotherapy course should have completed 17 years of age, as on 31st December of the year of admission.
Every candidate before admission to the course shall furnish to Principal of the Institution a certificate of Medical Fitness from an authorized Government Medical Officer to the effect, that the candidate is physically fit to undergo a Physiotherapy course.