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Program Requirements
The Master of Science, Applied, in Physical Therapy is a 62-credit program to be completed in 1.5 graduate years over five semesters, and includes four clinical practica of 1,050 hours in total, leading to professional licensure to practice. The educational approach is consistent with adult learning, self-directed learning, reflective clinical practice, and inter-professionalism. Strong links between academic and clinical fieldwork education are emphasized. Courses emphasize client-centred and evidence-based practice across the lifespan and health care continuum, and include health promotion from prevention of disability to rehabilitation. In addition to fieldwork, the program requirements include courses in advanced clinical practice, research methodology, and educational methodology. The master's project prepares the entry-to-practice physiotherapist to become an autonomous and effective professional through the acquisition of research skills.
For additional information on courses taken during the Qualifying year, please refer to this website: .
Students admitted to the M.Sc.A. who have undergraduate degrees other than the B.Sc.(Rehabilitation Science); Major in Physical Therapy from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ will be required to complete a Qualifying year of study, prior to beginning the master's program.
Required Courses (55 credits)
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IPEA 502 Patient-Centred Care in Action
Overview
IPEA : A half day activity, including preparatory work, introducing students to a simulated patient/family centred care scenario in which they will be working in interprofessional teams to develop a plan of care.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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IPEA 503 Managing Interprofessional Conflict
Overview
IPEA : Reflection on sources of conflict and strategies to manage conflict. Using conflict productively for team building and innovative approaches for resolving conflict within the interprofessional health care team.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
- PHTH 571 PT Clinical Practicum 1 (6 credits)
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PHTH 572 PT Clinical Practicum 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : A second clinical practicum including advanced skills in assessment and treatment management in a core area of practice.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Garnett, Crystal; Visintin, Martha; Salvo, Lora (Winter) Visintin, Martha; Salvo, Lora; Di Re, Antonietta (Summer)
Prerequisite: PHTH 571
**Due to the length of the clinical course, add/drop is the sixth lecture day and withdrawal is the eleventh lecture day.
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PHTH 573 PT Clinical Practicum 3 (7 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : Advanced assessment and treatment management in an area of practice.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Visintin, Martha; Salvo, Lora; Di Re, Antonietta (Fall) Garnett, Crystal; Visintin, Martha; Di Re, Antonietta; Turgeon-Desilets, Sarah (Winter)
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PHTH 606 Introduction to Pediatric Physical Therapy (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : This course introduces the principles of pediatric habilitation and rehabilitation pertinent to the practice of physical therapy.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Gagnon, Isabelle; Pilon, Marie-Hélène (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of the QY/U3 PT year.
Restriction(s): Restricted to MSc.(A) PT M1 students.
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PHTH 620 PT Clinical Practicum 4 (7 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : Final clinical practicum in an area of practice.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Visintin, Martha; Salvo, Lora; Di Re, Antonietta (Fall) Di Re, Antonietta; Visintin, Martha; Turgeon-Desilets, Sarah; Garnett, Crystal (Winter) Visintin, Martha; Salvo, Lora; Di Re, Antonietta (Summer)
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PHTH 622 Integrated Pain Management (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : This M1 entry-level physiotherapy course focuses on understanding and managing complex and chronic pain conditions. Through lectures, personal reflection, interactive class activities, case study analyses, quizzes, assignments and practical lab activities, students will develop a conceptual framework for approaching the clinical assessment and management of pain and pain-related disability. By the end of the course, students will be ready to apply this framework within clinical settings.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Wideman, Timothy Howard (Winter)
- PHTH 623 Differential Diagnosis and Management (4 credits)
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PHTH 652 Integrated Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : This case-based course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of exercise rehabilitation as a preventative and therapeutic tool in patients with selective chronic diseases and disabilities across the lifespan. This course aims to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills through interactive lectures, clinical reasoning workshops and assignments.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Ferreira, Tania Janaudis (Fall)
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POTH 602 Advanced Educational and Management Strategies (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Process of learning, methods of communication and teaching strategies for classrooms and clinical settings. Principles in human resources, practice and business management.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Asseraf-Pasin, Liliane; Simard, Mathieu; Di Re, Antonietta; Alvarenga, Joana (Winter)
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POTH 612 Applied Clinical Research Methods (4 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : An intermediate-level research methods course to promote scholarly clinical practice, and to assist students in the design and implementation of their entry-level professional master’s project.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Soicher, Judith Eileen; Menon, Anita; Mayo, Nancy; Mazer, Barbara; Boruff, Jill; Moga, Ana Maria; Lee, Keven; Shankar, Sneha; Stilwell, Peter Alton (Fall)
Prerequisite: POTH 401 or equivalent content as deemed by the instructor
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POTH 624 Master's Project (7 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Project is related to rehabilitation.
Terms: Fall 2023, Summer 2024
Instructors: Mazer, Barbara; Asseraf-Pasin, Liliane (Fall) Asseraf-Pasin, Liliane; Mazer, Barbara (Summer)
Restriction: OT and PT students only.
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POTH 682 Promoting Healthy Activity (2 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Individual and situational determinants of health behaviours will be examined across the lifespan and in clinical populations. Application of behaviour change theories for the design, implementation and evaluation of health behaviour interventions will be discussed. Strategies to facilitate behaviour change and adherence across the lifespan will be emphasized.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Marshall, Sarah C (Winter)
Fall or Winter
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits from the following:
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PHTH 641 Topics in Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : Exploration of new research concepts related to cardiorespiratory rehabilitation outcome measures and treatment techniques used in the management of patients with various medical, surgical, neurological and cardiorespiratory conditions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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PHTH 645 Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : This course explores the physiotherapy approach to pelvic floor disorders, with an in-depth focus on urinary incontinence. Students will understand the role of the pelvic floor in relation to urinary, sexual and ano-rectal function, and acquire the ability to evaluate and treat patients suffering urinary incontinence.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Brown, Claudia (Fall)
Prerequisite: PHTH 623
Restriction: Open to students in the MSc (A) in Physical Therapy. Open to other students by permission of instructor only.
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PHTH 661 Sport Physiotherapy (3 credits)
Overview
Physical Therapy : Injury prevention for recreational and elite athletes and rehabilitation of injured athletes.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Pearson, Isabelle (Fall)
Prerequisite: PHTH 623
- PHTH 662 Advanced Manual Therapy (3 credits)
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POTH 508 Plasticity in Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : A seminar course designed to provide students with a review of current research on plasticity in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the mechanisms involved in the recovery of function after injury.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: POTH 455 or equivalent.
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POTH 604 Current Topics in Pediatrics (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : This course will provide an overview of current research in pediatrics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POTH 260, or permission of instructors.
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POTH 625D1 Design of Assistive Technologies: Principles (1.5 credits) *
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course in which small teams of students work with an individual with a disability in the Montreal area to design an assistive technology (e.g. a device, a piece of equipment, an app) that enhances their level of activity and their participation in society. Teams will apply principles of assistive technology (AT) design to create solutions, iterate through multiple prototypes, and learn about the challenges and realities of successfully integrating AT into the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Blain-Moraes, Stefanie (Fall)
Restriction(s): Departmental approval is required to register to this course. Not open to Biomedical Engineering students.
Students must register for both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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POTH 625D2 Design of Assistive Technologies: Principles (1.5 credits) *
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course in which small teams of students work with an individual with a disability in the Montreal area to design an assistive technology (e.g. a device, a piece of equipment, an app) that enhances their level of activity and their participation in society. Teams will apply principles of assistive technology (AT) design to create solutions, iterate through multiple prototypes, and learn about the challenges and realities of successfully integrating AT into the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Blain-Moraes, Stefanie (Winter)
Restriction(s): Departmental approval is required to register to this course. Not open to Biomedical Engineering students.
Prerequisite(s): POTH 625D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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POTH 636 Physical Therapy in Pediatrics (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Application of the frameworks of neurological, orthopedic and cardio-respiratory rehabilitation to the assessment and treatment of various pediatric conditions.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Gagnon, Isabelle (Winter)
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POTH 637 Cancer Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Cancer pathology, risk stratification, the treatment process and rehabilitation needs throughout the disease trajectory.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Rodriguez-Leboeuf, Ana Maria (Winter)
Prerequisite: PHTH 570 or permission of instructor
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POTH 639 Motor Control (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Overview of how movement is controlled by the nervous system and how motor skills are learned.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Levin, Mindy (Fall)
Restriction: Open only to students registered in the following programs: MSc. (Applied) in Occupational Therapy, MSc. (Applied) in Physical Therapy and MSc. in Rehabilitation Science. Open to other students by permission of instructor only.
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POTH 685 Perception and Action (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : New research concepts related to perception and action, with a special emphasis on the understanding of motor behaviour in patient populations and the exploration of potential applications in rehabilitation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Fall
Prerequisite: POTH 455 or equivalent
* If chosen, students must complete both POTH 625D1 and 625D2
Elective Course (0-1 credit)
0 or 1 credit may be taken at the 500 level or higher upon consultation with the Physical Therapy Program Director.
School of Physical & Occupational Therapy—2023-2024 (last updated Aug. 31, 2023) (disclaimer)
