Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT)

Program Description

Doctor of physiotherapy is a healthcare profession aimed at changing and improving the mobility, physical independence and quality of life. It focuses on treating a variety of conditions including but not limited to Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Cardio-Respiratory, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Women Health and Sports Injuries. Its scope broadens towards functional disorders including symptoms of pain, edema, physiological, structural and psychosomatic ailments. The actual methodology includes methods of treatment based on movements, manual therapy, physical agents and therapeutic modalities to relieve the pain and other complications. The DPT program has contextual foundational background in biological, kinesiological and psychological sciences that are assimilated in logical and scientific manner. The graduates have the capability of providing the evidence based practice through competent skills and also by working in collaboration with other members of healthcare team. The developing needs and increased recognition of Physical Therapist’s skills in diagnosing, treating preventing illness and injuries has necessitated the profession to reevaluate its goals for the future and move towards more autonomy in patient. The DPT degree is quite innovative degree in terms of curriculum, duration of study and scope of clinical study. This degree also fulfills international requirements for physical therapy education, so the DPT graduates could get equivalency easily abroad.

Program Objectives and Goals

Objectives

Following are the main objectives of the Program:

  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences relevant to physical therapy, both in their fundamental context and in their application to the discipline of physical therapy
  • Understand, correlate and apply theoretical foundations of knowledge to the practice of physical therapy; evaluate and clarify new or evolving theory relevant to physical therapy.
  • Demonstrate the behaviors of the scholarly clinician by developing and utilizing the process of critical thinking and inquiry, particularly focused on the improvement of the practice of physical therapy and the delivery of health care.
  • Engage in reflective practice through sound clinical decision making, critical self-assessment and commitment to lifelong learning
  • Demonstrate mastery of entry level professional clinical skills. Provision of these services is based on the best available evidence and includes physical therapy examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, prevention activities, wellness initiatives and appropriate health care utilization.
  • Prepared to influence the development of human health care regulations and policies that are consistent with the needs of the patient and of the society.
  • Demonstrate leadership, management, and communication skills to effectively participate in physical therapy practice and the health care team.
  • Incorporate and demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviors to all persons.
  • Demonstrate the professional and social skills to adapt to changing health care environments to effectively provide physical therapy care.

Goals

Following are the major goals of the Program:

  • Be primary providers of physical therapy care.
  • Serve as responsible members in the professional community and are willing and able to assume leadership roles in the communities they serve.
  • Identify researchable problems, advocate and participate in research, and incorporate research findings into clinical practice.
  • Understand and place in context the social, economic and cultural issues of practice and effectively advocate for changes in policy.
  • Correlate theory with practice and think creatively about, react to, adapt or shape new practice environments.

Why Study at PAF IAST?

Salient Features

  • Program approved from HEC
  • Ph.D qualified experience faculty members Faculty trained in foreign partner universities
  • Mandatory 500 hours structured industrial internship in bachelor programs.
  • Foreign faculty teaching from partner universities
  • Dual degree options
  • Opportunity to work with industrial practitioners.
  • Working on research projects funded by national and international organizations.
  • 40 Gbps core network capacity
  • Campus-wide WiFi-6 compliant with 5G technology
  • Fully furnished hostels for boys and girls
  • Air-conditioned transportation
  • On campus medical, psychological and psychiatric care for students
  • Ancillary facilities like sports, open gymnasium, student teacher center

Location and Ambience

Natural mountains nestle PAF IAST that flank its campus from all sides. The institute offers one  ravishing view of snow-capped peaks of Nathiagali and natural winding trails. Furthermore, to its north-west is Tarbela Lake, a journey of only a few kilometers from the campus. Moreover, set in the middle of the campus is a natural lake, fed by the springs of surrounding mountains. The campus is just a 3-kilometer drive from the Hazara Motorway. This results in an ideal setting equally conducive to academic activity. Most importantly, major cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila, and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Technology Advancement and Foreign Partnership

This institute is an emerging center of excellences, with its own technology park. Therefore, all faculty members hold PhD degrees in appropriate disciplines. By virtue of its wide array of facilities and the facilitation for its students to learn. Furthermore, they benefit both from classroom teaching and faculty trained at premier Austrian universities/institutions. The institution is ideally cut out for imparting state-of–the-art engineering and allied education in Pakistan. Moreover, the institute enjoys close linkages with top ranking universities in Austria and China. As a result, we have already concluded with them formal agreements regarding student and faculty exchange programs, provision of dual degrees in certain areas, and the training support from foreign faculty. 

Academia-Industry Relationship

There is a strong relationship between academia and industry. As a result, this paves the way for job opportunities for students even in the midst of their studies. PAF IAST will serve as a welcome platform for the industry to share their requirements for a skilled workforce. Therefore, this will enable the institute to incorporate their valuable inputs in practical vocational training and expose the students to industrial perspectives.

On-Spot Industry Internship

Firstly, it will be a mandatory requirement for every student to do an internship every semester in an appropriate industry. Secondly, this will garner them practical experience related to their respective degree programs. To crown it all, Technology Park will afford them rare opportunities to apply themselves innovatively and become promising entrepreneurs.

Need and Merit-based Scholarships

Different types of local and foreign scholarship opportunities are available on need and merit base.

Course Outline

1st Professional Semester 1

ANATOMY –I

DPT-101

DPT-101L

4(3-1)

PHYSIOLOGY-I

DPT-102

DPT-102L

3(2-1)

KINESIOLOGY-I

DPT-103

DPT-103L

3(2-1)

ENGLISH-I

SS-101

3(3-0)

PAKISTAN STUDIES

SS-112

2(2-0)

BIOSTATISTICS-I

MTH-212

3(3-0)

 

 

18

 

1st Professional Semester 2

ANATOMY –II

DPT-104

DPT-104L

4(3-1)

PHYSIOLOGY-II

DPT-105

DPT-105L

3(2-1)

KINESIOLOGY-II

DPT-106

DPT-106L

3(2-1)

ENGLISH-II

SS-102

3(3-0)

ISLAMIC STUDIES / ETHICS

SS-111

2(2-0)

BIOSTATISTICS-II / UNIVERSITY OPTIONAL

MTH-310

3(3-0)

 

 

18

2nd Professional Semester 1

ENGLISH-III (Technical Writing & Presentation Skills)

SS-103

3(3-0)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER

COMP-102

3(2-1)

ANATOMY –III

DPT-211

DPT-211L

3(2-1)

PHYSIOLOGY-III

DPT-212

DPT-212L

3(2-1)

BIOMECHANICS & ERGONOMICS-I

DPT-202

3(3-0)

BIOCHEMISTRY & GENETICS I

DPT-201

2(2-0)

 

 

17

2nd Professional Semester 2

ANATOMY-IV (Neuro Anatomy)

DPT-213

DPT-213L

3(2-1)

BIOMECHANICS & ERGONOMICS-II

DPT -271

DPT-271L

3(2-1)

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

(Psychiatry & Psychology)

DPT-221

3(3-0)

BIOCHEMISTRY& GENETICS II

DPT-203

2(2-0)

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

DPT-272

3(3-0)

MEDICAL PHYSICS

DPT-204

3(2-1)

3rd Professional Semester 1

PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY I

DPT-373

2(2-0)

PHARMACOLOGY I

DPT-301

3(3-0)

PHYSICAL AGENTS & ELECTROTHERAPY I

DPT-371

DPT0371L

3(2-1)

THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES & TECHNIQUES

DPT-372

DPT-372L

3(2-1)

SOCIOLOGY

 

2(2-0)

HEALTH & WELLNESS

DPT-302

2(2-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE I

DPT-332L

3(0-3)

 

 

18

3rd Professional Semester 2

PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY II

DPT-374

3(2-1)

PHARMACOLOGY II

DPT-303

2(2-0)

PHYSICAL AGENTS & ELECTROTHERAPY -II

DPT-375

3(2-1)

MANUAL THERAPY

DPT-361

3(2-1)

TEACHING METHODOLOGY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE

DPT-341

3(3-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE II

DPT-333L

3(0-3)

4th Professional Semester 1

MEDICINE I

DPT-471

3(3-0)

SURGERY I

DPT-472

3(3-0)

RADIOLOGY & DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

DPT-461

DPT-461L

3(2-1)

MUSCULOSKELETALPHYSICAL

THERAPY

DPT-462

DPT-462L

3(2-1)

HUMAN GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION

DPT-442

2(2-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE III

DPT-431L

3(0-3)

 

 

17

4th Professional Semester 2

MEDICINE II

DPT473

3(3-0)

SURGERY II

DPT-474

3(3-0)

NEUROLOGICAL PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-463

DPT-463L

3(2-1)

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

DPT-481

3(2-1)

PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS

DPT-475

2(2-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE IV

DPT-432L

3(0-3)

5th Professional Semester 1

CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSICAL

THERAPY

DPT-476

DPT-476L

3(2-1)

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES & PRIMARY CARE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-477

2(2-0)

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING &

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

DPT-531

3(3-0)

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY & RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY

DPT-551

DPT-551L

3(2-1)

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

(LAWS , ETHICS &ADMINISTRATION)

DPT-571

2(2-0)

INTEGUMENTRY PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-572

2(2-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE V

DPT-532L

3(0-3)

5th Professional Semester 2

OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGICAL

PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-573

2(2-0)

PAEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-574

2(2-0)

GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-575

2(2-0)

SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY

DPT-576

2(2-0)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE VI

DPT-532L

4(0-4)

RESEARCH PROJECT

DPT-591

3

RESEARCH PROJECT

DPT-592

3

 

 

18

TOTAL CREDITS

 

175

Eligibility:

  • Minimum 60% marks in Intermediate (Pre-Medical) / A-Level (Biology Mandatory)