Chair's Message
Dear Students,
Physiotherapy aims to improve motor functions and functional capacity of individuals suffering from movement disorder caused by injuries or diseases, and to increase the patients' quality of life. Equipped with modern physiotherapy knowledge and skills, a physiotherapy technician is highly capable of using technological tools and devices related to the field of physiotherapy, and aims to help patients with congenital disorders or physical disabilities caused by accidents, trauma, and sports injuries to receive high quality treatment by using the physiotherapy equipment under the supervision of a senior physician or physiotherapist.
Offering its students an associate's degree in physiotherapy, our programme curriculum consists of theoretical and practical basic health courses and professional area courses. In our physiotherapy laboratory where theoretical knowledge is combined with practice, students will find the opportunity to improve their professional skills by practicing on our state-of-the-art equipment. The clinical internships will enable our students to use their knowledge and skills in the field, learn how to communicate with patients and acquire a sense of professional responsibility. Students who successfully complete the programme will be able to work as a “physical therapy technician". Holders of an associate's degree in physiotherapy are mostly hired by public hospitals operating under Turkish Ministry of Health, university research hospitals, private hospitals, rehabilitation centres, special education centres, sports/health centres, sporting clubs, nursing homes, hot spring/thermal centres. Our graduates may also sit for the DGS (Vertical Transfer Examination) in order to pursue a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.
Our ultimate aim is to ensure that our students become highly capable individuals with strong patient communication and teamwork, equipped with a high sense of professional ethics and responsibility.
As Altınbaş University family, we would be delighted to see you among us as our students. I wish you all a very successful and productive school year.
Instructor Şule TOPÇU
Chair of Physiotherapy Associate's Degree Programme