Department of Physical Therapy

Bachelor’s Degree

Department Introduction

The department prepares students to become physical therapy professionals equipped with professional skills and knowledge, meet the public’s needs, and attend to their patients with loving care.

We designed the curriculum to meet three goals listed below:

    1. Enhance students’ ability to integrate physical therapy fundamental and clinical medical knowledge to provide patients with comprehensive professional services.
    2. Prepare students to become physical therapists with professional skills and knowledge, fundamental administrative abilities, research capabilities, and professional ethics.
    3. Educate students to be capable of independent thinking and continuing their lifelong learning.

To work towards the future, the department set the following goals:

    1. Work closely with local healthcare institutions, enabling the University to become a major teaching and research physical therapy institution in eastern Taiwan.
    2. Provide facilities for students to learn in classrooms and offer clerkship and internship opportunities to practice firsthand. 
    3. The department offers diverse courses, and traditional breathing and circulation physical therapy, pediatric physical therapy, neurophysical therapy, and orthopedic physical therapy are some of them. To assist students in developing their sub-specialties, we provide courses in long-term care, physical therapy in the community, aging and heart disease, tissue engineering, soft tissue biomechanics, etc. 

The department built five well-equipped practicing laboratory classrooms, five group discussion rooms, one hydrotherapy laboratory classroom, and an assistive device practice classroom to provide students with a good learning/practicing environment. 

Future Career

Pursue advanced studies:

Students have a wide range of choices. They can choose to study physical therapy, neuroscience, medical engineering, or basic medicine. They can also consider rehabilitation counseling, rehabilitation science, sports medicine, or early intervention. Moreover, special education, long-term care, assistive technology, or human factors & ergonomics are also available.

 

Seek employment:

Students have many job selections. They can work as physical therapists in healthcare institutions, educational institutions, healthcare industry, or start their own practice. They can also choose to do R&D or marketing work in physical therapy-related institutions.

 

Language of Instruction

Chinese

Documents to Be Submitted

  • High school qualifications equivalent to Taiwanese senior high school graduates (6 years’ high school education), or have completed pre-university studies for at least 1 year
  • High school transcript or the transcript in the university for at least 1 year
  • Autobiography in Chinese or English. (Introduction of yourself, motivation of study, and the plan of future study should be included)
  • Chinese or English Proficiency Test results within the last two years. (Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test of English for International Communication(TOEIC) or other equivalent certificate for English; Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) or other equivalent certificate for Chinese)
  • Other documents pertinent to the application
  • Chinese proficiency test results within the last two years:
    ․Level A2 of the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
    (TOCFL);
    ․Level 4 of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK); or
    ․Level A2 of the Common European Framework of
    Reference for Language (CEFR).

Evaluation Criteria

  • Documents review：100%

Remarks

醫學院
College of Medicine

學生餐廳 / 每天
Student Cafeteria / Day

生活費 / 每月
Living Cost / Month

宿舍費 / 每學期
Dormitory / Semester

$48,849~$61,975

$65（校本部 Main Campus）

$91（人社院校區 Jieren Campus）

$5,000~$10,000

$8,200

 

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Required

General Biology

 

2

 

 

Introduction to Physical Therapy

2

 

General Chemistry

 

2

 

 

Obesity and Chronic Disease

1

Electives

Professional English Reading for Physical Therapy

 

1

 

Caring and service-learning course for the disabled

 

1

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

Management in Physical Therapy Practices

 

1

 

Gross Anatomy

 

3

 

 

Lab of Gross Anatomy (I)

1

Required

Medical ethics in physical therapy

 

1

 

Introduction to Public Health

 

2

Calculus

 

2

 

General Physics

2

 

Surface Anatomy

 

2

 

Elective

Fitness and Wellness

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Physiology

 

4

 

Kinesiology

 

2

Lab of Gross Anatomy (II)

 

1

 

Required

Fundamentals of Physical Therapy with Laboratory (I)

 

2

 

Physical Agents and Practice of Physical Agents (I)

 

2

 

Problem-based learning in fundamentals of physical therapy

2

Electives

Home and Community-Based Physical Therapy

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Biomechanics

 

2

 

Exercise Physiology

 

2

 

 

Manual Therapy and Manual Therapy Practice

 

2

Required

Fundamentals of Physical Therapy with Laboratory (II)

 

2

 

Physical Agents and Practice of Physical Agents (II)

 

2

 

Applied Pathology

 

2

 

Internal Medicine

 

2

 

Surgery

 

2

Journal Readings in Physical Therapy

 

1

 

Elective

Neural Mechanism of Clinical Signs

 

1

 

Introduction to cardiovascular risk factors

 

1

 

Exercise Prescription

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Clinical observation in physical therapy (I)

 

1

 

Orthopedic Physical Therapy- Theory and Practice

 

2

Neurological Physical Therapy- Theory and Practice

 

2

 

 

Pediatric Physical Therapy- Theory and Practice

 

2

Required

Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy (Lecture and Practice)

 

2

 

 

Introduction of Research Methodology

 

1

 

Orthopedics

 

1

 

Pediatrics

 

1

 

Neuroscience

 

1

Elective

Physical Therapy in Long Term Care

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Clinical observation in physical therapy (II)

 

1

Assistive Technology and Practice

 

1

Required

Clinical Physical Therapy- Theory and Practice

 

2

Introduction to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy

 

2

 

Problem-Based Learning in Clinical Physical Therapy

 

2

Rehabilitation Medicine

 

2

 

 

Medical Record Writing

 

1

 

Aging and Heart Disease

 

1

Electives

Pediatric Development Assessment

 

1

Movement Therapy in Orthopedic Physical Therapy

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Practicum in Physical Therapy (I)

 

4

Required

Practicum in Physical Therapy (II)

 

4

 

 

Practicum in Physical Therapy (III)

 

4

 

Physical Therapy Seminar

 

2

 

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

Practicum in Physical Therapy (IV)

 

4

Required

Practicum in Physical Therapy (V)

 

4

 

 

Practicum in Physical Therapy (VI)

 

4

 

Practicum in Physical Therapy

 

4