LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Saturday announced a new two-year programme in Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (t-DPT).
UHS Vice Chancellor Prof Malik Hussain Mubashar, who inaugurated the course on Saturday, said that the post-professional degree programme was designed to provide contemporary knowledge and skills to the practising physio therapists for better patient care. “What makes physio therapists important is that they know how to look at the bigger picture and take care of the smallest details which sometimes mean nothing to others, even the patients, but in the end, make a huge difference,” he said.
He emphasised the need for research and evidence-based clinical practices and said that there would be no compromise at the university on the standard of education.
Course coordinator Dr Muhammad Asim said that the curriculum of t-DPT had been designed in line with the international standards. The teaching would be through a highly sophisticated web portal.
One of the faculty members, Dr Fariha Shah, said that across the globe, physical therapy had gotten its recognition in healthcare as an important treatment for patients suffering from a variety of pathologies, including musculo-skeletal, neuro-muscular, cardiopulmonary, integumentary, vestibular and sports-related injuries.
Two students have enrolled in the course.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2012.
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There is no such program in the world at least after high school. Most countries have a 4 year Bachelors degree and Physiotherapists are never known as doctors.