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Major in Physical Therapy (90 credits)

Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy     Degree: BSCRS

Program Requirements

The B.Sc.(Rehabilitation Science); Major in Physical Therapy emphasizes basic health sciences foundation specific to the practice of Physical Therapy. The program focuses on clinical reasoning, diagnostics, evidence-based practice, community rehabilitation, teamwork and professionalism as essential components for the development of a humanistic, ethical, knowledgeable, competent critical thinking and problem-solving physical therapist.

Required Courses (81 credits)

* Note: Students choose either ANAT 321 or ANAT 323 but not both.

  • ANAT 315 Clinical Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy (3 credits)

    Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Anatomy & Cell Biology : The regional human gross anatomy of the skeleton, joints, muscles and neurovascular structures of the body as it relates to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared cadaveric specimens and the completion of a cadaveric-dissection.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Coleman, Mette (Fall)

    • Fall

    • 2 hours lectures, 2 hour laboratory

    • Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 314.

  • ANAT 316 Clinical Human Visceral Anatomy (3 credits)

    Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Anatomy & Cell Biology : The gross anatomy of the various organ systems of the human body, with emphasis on those aspects of greatest relevance to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared specimens.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Coleman, Mette; Stiver, Mikaela (Winter)

    • Winter

    • Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory

    • Prerequisite: ANAT 315 or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 214.

  • ANAT 321 Circuitry of the Human Brain (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Anatomy & Cell Biology : This course explores the functional organization of the human brain and spinal cord. The course focuses on how neuronal systems are designed to subserve specific motor, sensory, and cognitive operations.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Ragsdale, David S (Fall)

  • ANAT 323 Clinical Neuroanatomy (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Anatomy & Cell Biology : This course will focus on the structural and functional relationships of the central nervous system. The human neuroanatomy will be introduced via pathological cases and will be illustrated by use of new medical imaging techniques.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Stiver, Mikaela (Fall)

    • Prerequisites for Physical & Occupational Therapy students: ANAT 315 and ANAT 316

    • Prerequisites for Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students: ANAT 214 and ANAT 314.

    • Restrictions: Restricted to Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students and Physical & Occupational Therapy students.

    • Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 321.

  • IPEA 500 Roles in Interprofessional Teams

    Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

    Overview

    IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, that introduces interprofessional education, interprofessional practice, and the roles of the different healthcare professionals that make up an interprofessional team.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • IPEA 501 Communication in Interprofessional Teams

    Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

    Overview

    IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, introducing effective communication and interactions in interprofessional teams.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Physiology : Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Vollrath, Melissa; Ragsdale, David S; Shrier, Alvin; Cook, Erik; Aguer, Céline (Fall)

  • PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Physiology : Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Vollrath, Melissa; Takano, Tomoko; Lauzon, Anne-Marie; White, John H; Aguer, Céline (Winter)

  • PHTH 245 Introduction to Professional Practice 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Physical therapy and its domains through promoting health and well-being of individuals across the life span.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Xenopoulos, Frangiska; Boychuck, Zachary (Fall)

  • PHTH 440 Clinical Exercise Physiology (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Safe and effective prescription of exercise as a preventive and therapeutic tool in patients suffering from clinical conditions.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Roig, Marc; Moga, Ana Maria (Fall)

    • Restriction: Open only to PT students - School of Physical & Occupational Therapy.

  • PHTH 450 Introduction to PT Clinical Practice (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : In this course, students will be introduced to clinical skills applicable to various physiotherapy domains of practice. Through clinical skills laboratories, self-directed learning, and interactive learning sessions, students will be developing observation skills, as well as analyzing normal and common deviant movements. They will also be introduced to the development of hypotheses to explain movement impairment. Throughout the course, emphasis will be put on palpation and patient handling skills.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Xenopoulos, Frangiska (Winter)

    • Prerequisite(s): PHTH 245 and POTH 250

    • Restriction(s): Open only to PT students - School of Physical & Occupational Therapy

  • PHTH 460 Introduction to Functional Movement (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Introduction to the assessment and instruction of human functional movement patterns, including anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. Principles of progressive functional resistance training.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Preuss, Richard (Winter)

  • PHTH 482 Introduction to Health, Fitness and Lifestyle (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Introduction to lifestyle concepts and practices, complementary to the scope of physiotherapy practice, which influence individual health and fitness. Topics include: physical activity, sedentary behaviour, diet, sleep, and psychological and mental wellbeing. Certain external factors that influence these concepts and practices, and approaches to promoting behavioural change.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Preuss, Richard (Fall)

  • PHTH 550 Physical Therapy Orthopedic Management (7 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Evaluation and treatment in a neuromuscular framework.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Clavet, Heidi; Boudreau, Mylene (Fall)

  • PHTH 551 Physical Therapy Neurological Rehabilitation (4 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Principles of neurorehabilitation motor learning and neuroplasticity including assessment and treatment.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Fung, Joyce; Perez, Claire; Venturini, Adriana; Buhler, Marco (Fall)

  • PHTH 554 PT Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation (2 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Introduction to the principles of cardiorespiratory physical therapy. Students will gain the necessary theoretical knowledge pertaining to the pathophysiology of various medical and surgical respiratory conditions as well as the practical skills needed for evaluating and treating such acute and chronic conditions. This course introduces students to the clinical decision making process involved in the planning, implementation and progression of a cardiorespiratory physiotherapy treatment program.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Spahija, Jadranka; Bourgeois, Nicholas (Fall)

  • PHTH 560 Integrated Orthopedic Management (6 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Assessment and treatment of patients with multiple comorbidities or multiple injuries that require a multidisciplinary approach, integrated intervention strategies, life-style changes, integration into the work force and/or reintegration into the community.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Pearson, Isabelle; Bernier, Julien; Pollice, Jasmine; Ippersiel, Patrick (Winter)

  • PHTH 561 Integrated Neurological Rehabilitation (5 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : PT assessment and treatment of clients with complex problems and/or multiple handicaps.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Fung, Joyce; Perez, Claire; Venturini, Adriana; Buhler, Marco (Winter)

  • PHTH 564 Integrated Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Physical Therapy : Building on previously learned knowledge of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, students will gain conceptual and procedural knowledge and skills for the physiotherapy assessment and management of patients with various cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, patients undergoing lung/heart-lung transplantation, and critically ill patients managed in the intensive care unit (ICU). This course aims to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills in the area of cardiovascular and respiratory physiotherapy through interactive lectures as well as case-based labs run at the McGill Simulation center.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Spahija, Jadranka; Bourgeois, Nicholas; Bertagnolli, Mariane (Winter)

    • Prerequisites: PHTH 554 or permission from the instructor.

  • POTH 204 Introduction to Statistics for OT/PT (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : Methods for describing data and testing theories for research and everyday use.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Darainy, Mohammad (Fall)

    • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYC 204.

  • POTH 225 Introduction to Biomechanics in Rehabilitation Sciences (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : The study of fundamentals of biomechanical analysis applied to the extremities and lumbar spine. The application of biomechanical principles to clinical and research situations.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Robbins, Shawn; Shankland, Barbara (Winter)

    • Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and ANAT 315

    • Restrictions: Only for BSc Rehab Science students (U1 students) for both programs (PT and OT).

  • POTH 250 Introduction to Professional Practice 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : This course addresses the fundamentals of professionalism and professional behavior, the principles of massage, professional touch, and basic profession-specific interviewing skills. Interviewing skills will be practiced with client-visits in the community. Cultural competence and its application to clinical practice, patient /therapist relationship, and web searching will be addressed.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Grenier, Marie-Lyne; Garnett, Crystal (Winter)

    • 3 hours/week for 13 weeks

  • POTH 305 Statistics for ExperimentalDesign OT/PT (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : The statistical analysis of research data obtained from experimental designs, including introduction and review of basic statistical concepts, different types of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and simple and multiple linear regression.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Darainy, Mohammad (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: Successful completion of POTH 204 or an equivalent introductory statistics course.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYC 305 or equivalent.

  • POTH 401 Research Methods (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : A lecture and seminar course on the principles of and methods used in clinical and rehabilitation science research.

    Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

    Instructors: Moga, Ana Maria (Winter)

  • POTH 434 Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : Lecture-based course, discussing biomechanical properties of musculoskeletal tissues, mechanical factors involved in injury, and potential for adaptation and recovery. By reviewing fundamental principles of motion, biomechanics of motion is integrated with properties of biological tissues. Students learn how fundamental principles relate to injury, and to scientifically-based clinical evaluations and treatments.

    Terms: Winter 2025

    Instructors: Preuss, Richard (Winter)

  • POTH 455 Neurophysiology (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : A study of the neurophysiological principles of sensori-motor interaction as they relate to posture, motor control and cognition.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Boudrias, Marie-Helene; Falcicchio, Karen (Fall)

    • 3 hours/week

  • POTH 563 Foundations of Professional Practice (3 credits)

    Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

    Overview

    Phys & Occ Therapy : Study and analysis of foundations for professional practice and systems which impact the role of the occupational and physical therapy professional in health service delivery settings. This course includes sections on 1) healthcare environments and systems; 2) management, safety and quality assurance; and 3) professionalism and ethics.

    Terms: Fall 2024

    Instructors: Mak, Susanne; Brassard, Anne Marie; Arcuri, Giovanni (Fall)

    • Restrictions: Only open to students in the BSc(RehabSc); Major in Physical Therapy and BSc(RehabSc); Major in Occupational Therapy, students in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Not open to students who have taken OCC1 546 and PHTH 570.

Complementary Courses (6-9 credits)

These courses are to be completed prior to entering third year (U3). The complementary credits are chosen from the following subject areas:

-Psychology
-Management (in the area of personnel and private practice management)
-Academic Writing
-Sociology/Anthropology courses
-French or English second language course if not proficient in French or English (maximum of 6 credits)
-Students may take PHTH 301 Sports Medicine Practicum (3 credits) as a U2 complementary course.

Elective Course (0-3)

Maximum of one 3-credit elective (personal interest) course.

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