undergraduate

Physiotherapy

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about the

Program

The physiotherapy program belongs to the field of health, whose knowledge has evolved through deepening and validation, to respond to the challenges posed by different population groups at different stages of human development, to contribute to improving the quality of life of people and communities, by promoting and preventing movement disturbances.

For the School of Physiotherapy of the UIS the concept of quality is expressed through the mission, purposes, and objectives according to the characteristics and properties relevant to the formation of the physical therapist, related to the context, and the need for change required by society.  The program’s quality paradigm is based on the strengths and opportunities of the Institution, Faculty, School, and Context; which is evident in the training processes and the quality of the graduate professional.

Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 690 | Qualified Registration: MEN N.° 013115 of July 21, 2021, validity 7 years.

DEGREE:

Physical therapist

DuraTiOn:

10 semesters

Education LEVEL:

Undergraduate

ModaliTY:

In-person

CAMPUS:

Mesón de los Búcaros, Bucaramanga

APPLICANT

Profile

The aspiring Physiotherapy must be characterized by having:              

  • Excellent interpersonal relationships.
  • A sense of improvement and desire for constant updating.
  • Self-confidence.
  • A permanent provision of service and collaboration.
  • Ease of adaptation to various situations.
  • Interdisciplinary work capacity and interaction with groups.
  • A good physical condition.

GRADUATE

Profile

The Physiotherapist of the UIS is a professional with a great humanistic, ethical and critical sense, open to the change and progress of science, committed to the political, social, cultural and economic development of the country, who bases his actions on integral training, which allows him to develop competences in the cognitive, subjective and social dimensions.

 It exercises its specific field of professional action, autonomously, through the multidimensional theoretical foundation around its object of study, human movement, as well as the definition of its models of evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention. It maintains an open attitude towards research and interdisciplinary work that allows it to validate and generate the knowledge and development of socially significant alternatives of action. 

His professional practice is oriented to the design, execution, direction, and control of programs or projects of Physiotherapeutic intervention for the promotion of health, kinetic well-being, the prevention of deficiencies, disabilities, and changes in physical condition in individuals and communities at risk, the recovery of systems essential for their maintenance and participation in interdisciplinary processes of enablement and integral rehabilitation.

LABOR

Fiel

Physiotherapy is a multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary field of professional action, focused on the relationship between body movement and its implications in human function.

Performance Areas

According to Law 528 of 1999, regulating the professional exercise of the physical therapist, actions are defined for the design, implementation, direction, and control of programs or projects for the promotion of health and kinetic well-being, the prevention of deficiencies, functional limitations, disabilities and changes in physical condition, in individuals and communities at risk, the recovery of systems essential for human movement and participation in interdisciplinary processes of enablement and integral rehabilitation. 

Promotion of Health, Well-Being and Physical Condition and Primary Prevention: The physical therapist at this level develops primary prevention and promotion activities, aimed at the various general population ethereal groups, as well as specific groups, to evaluate and educate the community about the protective factors of health and the various risk factors that predispose to alterations in human physics kinetics. These programs included community projection, occupational health, and programs aimed at high-performance populations.

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Secondary prevention: The Physiotherapist performs the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of movement disturbances, which guide decision-making for therapeutic intervention. It uses procedures aimed at enabling and retrieving functionality in the individual, based on internationally validated methods in the field of human physics kinetics. 

Tertiary prevention: In this case, the physiotherapist is part of the interdisciplinary team involved in the rehabilitation of disabled people, through a continuous and coordinated process that proposes for their integration or reintegration into the family, social, and/or work environment.  

Other areas of professional intervention

Administration: The Physiotherapist is in the capacity to manage physiotherapeutic services in the Social Security, Health, Labor, and Education sectors, among others. They can also direct and manage academic programs for the training of physiotherapists and other related professionals. They are also able to advise and participate in the design and formulation of policies in Health and Physiotherapy and in the projection of professional practice.

Teaching: The Physical Therapist educates intervention subjects for the adoption of healthy lifestyles and to teach movement. They can also develop in teaching in Physiotherapy Faculties and Programs and related programs.
Research: In this area, the physical therapist can design, execute and direct scientific research, discipline or interdisciplinary, aimed at the renewal or construction of knowledge that contributes to the understanding of its object of study and the development of its professional work, from the perspective of the natural and social sciences.

OUR

Accreditations

Resolution No. 015876 of August 25, 2021 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional with a validity of 6 years.

More Info: Click Here

APPLICANT

Profile

The aspiring Physiotherapy should be characterized by having:              

  • Excellent interpersonal relationships.
  • Sense of improvement and desire for constant updating.
  • Security itself.
  • Permanent provision of service and collaboration.
  • Ease of adaptation to various situations.
  • Interdisciplinary work capacity and interaction with groups.
  • Good physical condition.

GRADUATE

Profile

The Physiotherapist of the UIS is a professional with a great humanistic, ethical and critical sense, open to the change and progress of science, committed to the political, social, cultural and economic development of the country, who bases his actions on integral training, which allows him to develop competences in the cognitive, subjective and social dimensions.

 It exercises its specific field of professional action, autonomously, through the multidimensional theoretical foundation around its object of study, human movement, as well as the definition of its own models of evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention. It maintains an open attitude towards research and interdisciplinary work that allows it to validate and generate the knowledge and development of socially significant alternatives of action. 

His professional practice is oriented to the design, execution, direction and control of programs or projects of Physiotherapeutic intervention for: the promotion of health, kinetic well-being, the prevention of deficiencies, disabilities and changes in physical condition in individuals and communities at risk, the recovery of systems essential for their maintenance and participation in interdisciplinary processes of enablement and integral rehabilitation.

Labor

Field

Physiotherapy is a multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary field of professional action, focused on the relationship between body movement and its implications in human function.

Performance Areas

According to Law 528 of 1999, regulating the professional exercise of the physical therapist, actions are defined for the design, implementation, direction, and control of programs or projects for the promotion of health and kinetic well-being, the prevention of deficiencies, functional limitations, disabilities and changes in physical condition, in individuals and communities at risk, the recovery of systems essential for human movement and participation in interdisciplinary processes of enablement and integral rehabilitation. 

Promotion of Health, Well-Being and Physical Condition and Primary Prevention: The physical therapist at this level develops primary prevention and promotion activities, aimed at the various general population ethereal groups, as well as specific groups, in order to evaluate and educate the community about the protective factors of health and the various risk factors that predispose to alterations in human physics kinetics. These programs included community projection, occupational health, and programs aimed at high-performance populations.

Read more

Secondary prevention: The Physiotherapist performs the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of movement disturbances, which guide decision-making for therapeutic intervention. It uses procedures aimed at enabling and retrieving functionality in the individual, based on internationally validated methods in the field of human physicokinetics. 

Tertiary prevention: In this case, the physiotherapist is part of the interdisciplinary team involved in the rehabilitation of disabled people, through a continuous and coordinated process that proposes for their integration or reintegration into the family, social, and/or work environment.  

Other areas of professional intervention

 Administration: The Physiotherapist is in the capacity to manage physiotherapeutic services in the Social Security, Health, Labour, and Education sectors, among others. It can also direct and manage academic programs for the training of physiotherapists and other related professionals. He is also able to advise and participate in the design and formulation of policies in Health and Physiotherapy and in the projection of professional practice.    

 Teaching: The Physical Therapist educates intervention subjects for the adoption of healthy lifestyles and to teach movement. He can also develop teaching in Physiotherapy Faculties and Programs and related programs.      

 Research: In this area, the physical therapist can design, execute and direct scientific research, discipline, or interdisciplinary, aimed at the renewal or construction of knowledge that contributes to the understanding of its object of study and the development of its professional work, from the perspective of the natural and social sciences.

OUR

Accreditations

Resolution No. 015876 of August 25, 2021 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional with a validity of 6 years.

More Info: Click Here

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Supports

all about our program

Academic

Curriculum

Code:  24948           Credits:    0  - University Life And Culture


Code:  23427           Credits:    3  - Language Workshop


Code:  23423           Credits:    1  - Physical And Sports Culture


Code:  22322           Credits:    1  - Introduction To Physiotherapy


Code:  22321           Credits:    1  - History Of Science


Code:  20422           Credits:    6  - Biosciences I


Code:  00002           Credits:    3  - Optional Subject


Code:  23424           Credits:    4  - English I


Code:  22356           Credits:    5  - Biosciences II


Code:  22325           Credits:    1  - Human Development I


Code:  22324           Credits:    1  - Man And Movement


Code:  22323           Credits:    7  - General Morphophysiology


 

Code:  23582           Credits:    5  - Fundamentals Of Neurophysiology


Code:  23425           Credits:    4  - English II


Code:  22334           Credits:    3  - Disaster Prevention


Code:  22327           Credits:    4  - Fundamentals Of Biomechanics I


Code:  22326           Credits:    1  - Human Development II


Code:  21957           Credits:    2  - Mental Health


Code:  23583           Credits:    2  - Health And Community


Code:  22336           Credits:    4  - Movement Pathology


Code:  22332           Credits:    1  - Professional Ethics


Code:  22331           Credits:    6  - Fundamentals Of Biomechanics II


Code:  22330           Credits:    3  - Physiology Of Exercise


Code:  00002           Credits:    3  - Optional Subject


Code:  23584           Credits:    6  - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy


Code:  22339           Credits:    4  - Research I


Code:  22338           Credits:    3  - Physical Conditioning


Code:  22337           Credits:    2  - Administration in Physiotherapy


Code:  22335           Credits:    6  - Physiotherapeutic Diagnosis


Code:  23587           Credits:    3  - Body Control


Code:  23586           Credits:    4  - Modality Therapeutic Exercise I


Code:  23585           Credits:    4  - Physical Modalities I


Code:  22344           Credits:    3  - Pharmacology


Code:  22343           Credits:    4  - Research II


 

Code:  23589           Credits:    4  - Physical Modalities II


Code:  23588           Credits:    3  - Modality Therapeutic Exercise II


Code:  22348           Credits:    5  - Promotion and Prevention in Physiotherapy


Code:  22347           Credits:    4  - Seminar I


Code:  22345           Credits:    5  - Function and Disability


 

Code:  23590           Credits:    12  - Physiotherapeutic Intervention


Code:  22352           Credits:    4  - Seminar II


 

Code:  22354           Credits:    17  - Service Teaching Practice I


 

Code:  22355           Credits:    17  - Service Teaching Practice II


KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

1st semester

2023

* Subject to demand

Collection opening

2022 Oct 14

Collection closing

2022 Dec 2

Registration opening

2022 Oct 18

Registration closing

2022 Dec 6

Admission results

2022 Dec 15

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

  • Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
  • Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
  • A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.

NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply  according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

  • He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
  • He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
  • He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
  • He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
  • He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link


Additional requirements

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Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM

 

Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS

Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.

Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.

For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office

KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

1st semester

2023

* Subject to demand




Bucaramanga

Collection opening

2022 Oct 14


Collection closing

2022 Dec 2


Registration opening

2022 Oct 18


Registration closing

2022 Dec 6


Admission results

2022 Dec 15

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

  • Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
  • Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
  • A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.

NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply  according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

  • He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
  • He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
  • He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
  • He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
  • He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link

Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM


Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS


Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.

Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.

For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office

OUR

Faculty

Claudia Patricia Serrano Ruiz

Master in public health

Gloria Isabel Niño Cruz

PhD in Epidemiology

Clara Liliana Aguirre Aguirre

Master in physical activity and health

Sonia Liliana Rivera Mejía

Master in physiotherapy

Diana Carolina Reina Torres

Master in physiotherapy

Ingrid Johanna Díaz Marín

Master in physiotherapy

Silvia Natalia Novoa Guaracao

Master in physiotherapy

María Alejandra Camacho Villa

Master in physiotherapy

Edgar Adrían Torres Sepúlveda

Master in biomedical sciences

Viviana Mayerly Nova Gallo

Health institution management specialist

Adriana Yolima González Quintero

Critical Care Specialist

María Eugenia Mantilla Uribe

Specialist in Cardiac and Lung Rehabilitation

Martha Yaneth Rodríguez Nuñez

Occupational health and occupational hazard specialist

María Isabel Castro Jiménez

Ergonomics specialist

Ingry Johana Ardila Ardila

Physical Exercise Specialist for Health

Jorge Andrés García Vera

Pathology specialist

Rosana Iveth Salinas Velasco

Master in neurorehabilitation

Ivonne Natalia Torres Jaimes

Master in Physiotherapy

Esperanza Herrera Villabona

PhD in Physiology

Maria Solange Patiño Segura

Magíster in movement science

Liliana Carolina Ramirez Ramirez

PhD in Physiotherapy

Paula Camila Ramírez Muñoz

Magíster in Epidemiology

Aminta Stella Casas Sanchez

Magíster in public health

Lyda Maritza Díaz Plata

Magíster in Neurorehabilitationh

Javier Parra Patiño

Specialist in Medicine applied to physical activity and sport

Silvia Natalia Novoa Guaracao

Master in Physiotherapy

Diego Alejandro Bueno Monroy

Master in Physiotherapy of Sport and Physical Activity

Maria Juliana González Silva

Master in Physiotherapy

Wilson Mauricio Lozano Franco

PhD in Physiology

Mery Rocío Carreño Olejua

Specialist in occupational health and occupational hazards

María Cristina Rodríguez Reyes

Master in Education

Zulma Yolima Monsalve Monsalve

Master in Neurodevelopment and Learning

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School of Physiotherapy

Phone: +57 (607) 6344000

Extension: 3147 / 3132

Direct phone: +57 (607) 6358582

Email

escftp@uis.edu.co

UIS Mesón de los Búcaros

Bucaramanga, Santander

Av. Quebrada Seca #28-49

Facultad de Salud. 

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Do yo want more information?

Contact Us

School of Physiotherapy

Phone: +57 (607) 6344000

Extension: 3147 / 3132

Direct phone: +57 (607) 6358582

Email

escftp@uis.edu.co

UIS Mesón de los Búcaros

Bucaramanga, Santander

Av. Quebrada Seca #28-49

Facultad de Salud. 

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Do yo want more information?

Contact Us

School of Physiotherapy

Phone: +57 (607) 6344000

Extension: 3147 / 3132

Direct phone: +57 (607) 6358582

Email

escftp@uis.edu.co

 

UIS Mesón de los Búcaros

Bucaramanga, Santander

Av. Quebrada Seca #28-49

Facultad de Salud. 

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.