PHYSICAL THERAPY – Medellín

Physical Therapy Medellín

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What is Physiotherapy ?

The Physiotherapy Program bases its work on the law 528 of 1999, which in its academic conception has as an essential object of study the understanding and management of human body movement through the different stages of life.

Based on the national and international referents of the profession and in accordance with the Institutional policies, the purpose of the program is to train suitable and integral professionals by guaranteeing their development in the social, psychological and biological environments, in the different areas and fields of professional performance, in such a way that they respond to the training requirements at a regional, national and international level.

Course of studies
Program credits: 175 credits
Admission periodicity: Every six months
Modality: Face-to-face methodology
Tuition fee 2025: $9.254.018 per semester
SNIES 1877
RC No 004721 del 1 de abril de 2022
10 semesters

High quality accreditation: Resolution No. 001027 February 3, 2023 Valid for 4 years

Professional profile:

Physiotherapy graduates from The María Cano University Foundation will be able to perform in the clinical-care, labor, physical activity, sports, project manager and developer, academic management and entrepreneurship scenarios.

Occupational profile

A graduated physiotherapist from The María Cano University Foundation is characterized by being a professional with social commitment, solidarity, humanistic, autonomous, ethical, critical, and responsible in the processes of transformation and construction of knowledge in their profession; being an agent of change in the community in order to achieve local, regional and national visibility.

A graduated from The María Cano University Foundation is also characterized by having the performance competencies in addressing issues related to human body movement from the individual to the community in the different stages on the life process, in all participation and professional interaction scenarios, fulfilling specific roles in favor of the quality of life of people through the diagnostic evaluation, health promotion, disease prevention, therapeutic intervention, rehabilitation, rehabilitation, habilitation, research and management.

Admission Requirements Undergraduate Programs

Admission requirements New In-person and Virtual Undergraduate Applicant

To enter any of the undergraduate programs offered by María Cano, the new applicant must complete the following procedure:

  1. Fill out the online registration form
  2. Make the payment of undergraduate registration fees $141.144
  3. At the end of the registration form, upload to the platform the following documents one by one (in PDF format) as indicated at the end:
  • Photocopy of the high school degree certificate or diploma, if you have not yet completed grade 11, original study certificate, issued by the school valid for no more than one month.
  • Results of the ICFES tests (Saber 11), if you do not have the results you can attach the citation to the test.
  • A legible photocopy of the identity document (enlarged).
  • A 3×4 size photo, light blue background.
  • Documents are not received physically unless required during the admission process.
  1. Print the registration payment form at the end of online registration or make payment through PSE.

*The Foundation reserves the right to admit and assign study schedules to students.

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Program director
Marco Antonio Chaves García
marcoantoniochavesgarcia@fumc.edu.co
PBX (60+4) 540 12 20 – 402 55 00 Ext.112

CURRICULUM

Course of Studies

Semester

Credits

  • Introduction to Physical Therapy 2
  • Mathematics I 2
  • Communication Techniques 2
  • Epistemology 2
  • María Cano Chair 2
  • Geopolitics  2
  • Introduction to Health 2
  • Morphophysiology I 2
  • Human Development 2

Credits 19

Credits

  • Mathematics II 2
  • CIT management 2
  • Critical Reading 2
  • Biochemistry 3
  • Morphophysiology II 4
  • Cellular Physiology and Pathology 3
  • Physics 2

Credits 18

Credits

  • Statistics 2
  • Ethics 2
  • Neurophysiology 4
  • Public Health 4
  • Kinesiology and Biomechanics 4
  • Developmental Psychology 2

Credits 18

Credits

  • Principles of research 2
  • Program elective I 2
  • Epidemiology 2
  • Technology and innovation in health 2
  • Intervention strategies in public health and mental health 2
  • Evaluation methods 4
  • Human body movement 2
  • PPhysical activity and exercise physiology 2

Credits 18

Credits

  • Projects development 3
  • Citizenship Competencies 2
  • Disability and inclusion 2
  • Pathology and musculoskeletal evaluation 4
  • Physical Activity and Exercise Physiotherapy 3
  • Neuromuscular Pathology and Evaluation 4

Credits 18

Credits

  • Project evaluation 3
  • Occupational health and safety 2
  • Musculoskeletal intervention 4
  • Diagnostic aids 2
  • Therapeutic Modalities 4
  • Neuromuscular Intervention 4

Credits 19

Credits

  • Community processes Internship I 4
  • Manual techniques 2
  • Cardiovascular-pulmonary pathology and evaluation 4
  • Therapeutic specialties 4
  • Pharmacology in physiotherapy 2
  • Specialization fields I 2

Credits 18

Credits

  • Elective II 2
  • Cardiovascular-pulmonary intervention 4
  • Systemic diseases 2
  • Internship II 4
  • Orthotics and prosthetics 2
  • Specialization field II 3

Credits 17

Credits

  • Innovation and Creativity  3
  • Health Services Management 2
  • Internship III 7
  • Specialization field III 3

Credits 15

Credits

  • Entrepreneurship 3
  • Elective III  2
  • InternshipIV 10

Credits 15

Curriculum

Study plan