高雄醫學大學物理治療學系

BSc in Physical Therapy

BSc in Physical Therapy

Main courses for the undergraduate physical therapy students are listed below. Subjects which are general to all KMU students are not listed here.

Year One
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits		Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester	Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Chinese	M	2	2
Physical Education	M	0	0
English Reading	M	2	2
Listening and Oral Practice	M	1	1
Introduction to Computer Science and Information Technology	M	0	0
Service Learning	M	0	0
Calculus	M	2	2
General Biology	M	2	2
General Physics	M	3	0
General Psychology	M	-	2
General Biology Laboratory	M	-	1
Introduction to University	M	0	0
Introduction to Physical Therapy	M	1	-	v
Surface Anatomy	M	-	2	v
Life Planning in Department of Physical Therapy	M	1	-
Esthetics	E	2	-
Introduction to Movement Sciences	E	2	-
Motor Development	E	-	2
Introduction to Early Intervention	E	2	0
General Sociology	M	-	2
Introduction to Public Health	M	-	2	v
Introduction to Paper Reading and Critique	E	-	2

Year Two
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits		Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester	Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Anatomy	M	3	-	v
Physiology(A)	M	2	2	v
Anatomy Laboratory	M	-	2	v
Physiology Laboratory	M	-	1	v
Introduction to Pathology	M	-	2
Fundamentals in Physical Therapy I & II	M	1	1	v
Ethics in Physical Therapy	M	1	-
Kinesiology	M	-	2
Fundamentals in Physical Therapy Laboratory I & II	M	1	1	v
Physical Agents I & II	M	1	1	v
Physical Agents Laboratory I & II	M	1	1	v
Manual Therapy	M	-	1	v
Manual Therapy Laboratory	M	-	1	v
Emerging Issues for Physical Therapy	E	3	-
Basic Palpation Skills	E	2	-
Child Development	E	-	2
Sports Physiology	E	-	2
Biomechanics	E	-	2
Physical Therapy and Taiwanese	E	2	-

Year Three
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits		Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester	Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Introduction to Internal Medicine	M	2	-	v
Introduction to Surgery	M	2	-	v
Introduction to Pediatrics	M	1	-	v
Introduction to Orthopedics	M	2	-	v
Rehabilitation Medicine	M	-	1	v
Introduction to Neurology	M	-	2	v
Orthopedic Physical Therapy	M	2	-	v
Orthopedic Physical Therapy Laboratory	M	1	-	v
Pediatric Physical Therapy	M	1	-	v
Pediatric Physical Therapy Laboratory	M	1	-	v
Level I Fieldwork I & II	M	1	1	v
Prosthetics and Assistive Technology	M	1	-	v
Prosthetics and Assistive Technology Laboratory	M	1	-	v
Neurological Physical Therapy	M	-	2	v
Neurological Physical Therapy Laboratory	M	-	1	v
Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy	M	-	1	v
Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Laboratory	M	-	1	v
Activities of Daily Living	M	-	1
Activities of Daily Living Laboratory	M	-	1
Physical Therapy Administration	M	-	1	v
Career Planning in Department of Physical Therapy	M	-	1
Physical Therapy and Women’s Health	E	-	2
Applied Muscle Physiology	E	-	2
Note Writing	E	1	-
Geriatric Physical Therapy	E	2	-
Applied Neuroscience	E	2	-
Child Assessment	E	-	2
PBLs in Management of Movement Disorder	E	-	1
Physiology for Respiratory and Cardiovascular System	E	2	-
Orthopedic Physical Examination	E	2	-
Sports Injuries and Physical Therapy	E	-	2
Foot Orthosis Design	E	2	-
Design of Spinal Orthosis	E	-	2
Advanced Orthopedic Physical Therapy	E	-	2

Year Four
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits		Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester	Pre-requisite for final clinical year
Level II Fieldwork (I)	M	4	4
Level II Fieldwork (II)	M	4	4
Level II Fieldwork (III)	M	4	4
Evidence-Based Physical Therapy	M	2	-
Emerging Issues for physical Therapy(II)	E	3	-
Clinical Practice of Prosthetics and Othosis	E	-	1

MSc in Physical Therapy

Year One
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester
Fundamental Topics on Biostatistics	M	2	-
Research Methods	M	2	-
Seminar (I)	M	1	-
Seminar (II)	M	-	1
Special Topics in Physical Therapy Assessment	M	-	2
Academic Research Ethics	M	1	-
Academic Ethics in Physical Therapy	M	1	-
Practice in Fundamental Biostatistics	M	1	-
Total credits of Mandatory Courses		8 (5)	3 (5)
Special Topics in Movement Measure and Analysis	E	2	-
Questionnaire Design and Development	E	2	-
Academic Writing and Communication	E	-	2
Practical Evidence-Based Physical Therapy	E	2	-
Special Topics in care Management	E	-	2
Principles and Application of Core Muscle Training	E	2	-
Specific Issues in Geriatric Physical Therapy	E	2	-
Special Topics on Pain Research and Treatment	E	2	-
Special Topics Early Intervention for Children	E	-	2
Special Topics in Evidence-based on Physical Therapy for Stroke Patients patients	E	-	2
Special Topics on Exercise Physiology	E	-	2
Evidence-based Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and Clinical Reasoning	E	-	2
Total credits of Elective Courses		17	23

Year Two
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	Total credits
Subjects	Mandatory or Elective	At first semester	At second semester
Seminar (III)	M	1	-
Thesis	M	-	6
Total credits of Mandatory Courses		1	6
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Holistic Healthcare	E	2	-
Total credits of Elective Courses		2	-