Physiotherapy University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Overview

Key facts

Physiotherapists aim to improve patients’ quality of life through skilled evaluation and therapy that reduces their pain and restores movement and physical function. This often restores their ability to perform normal activities. Physiotherapy also aims to maintain patients’ mobility, muscle strength, and exercise endurance.

With the Physiotherapy degree at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg , you can work as part of a multidisciplinary team in hospitals, clinics, community health centres, private practices, schools for children with disabilities, centres for people living with disabilities, and sports centres.

There are two entry points into the BSc Physiotherapy degree:

• First-year, for applicants currently in Grade 12, and
• Second year, for applicants who have completed a relevant prerequisite degree - the Graduate Entry Physiotherapy Programme (GEPP).  Click here for more information about GEPP. Applicants who are currently studying or who have studied at a tertiary institution are advised to complete their studies and then apply for admission to the GEPP.

Career Opportunities

The field of physiotherapy is vast, encompassing six different areas, namely:

• Cardiopulmonary

• Community Health

• Neuromusculo-skeletal

• Neurology

• Orthopaedic

• Paediatrics

• Sport Physiotherapy (specialised branch of physiotherapy which deals with injuries and health of the sports person)