Course offered | Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) |
Course Duration | 4 ½ years full time undergraduate course with compulsory 6 months internship |
Over the years the management and the staff of Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy have been working towards a common goal – providing quality education through dedication and commitment The College has a Memorandum of Understanding with University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) for teaching of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Pharmacology in the 1st year. UCMS was established in 1971 as a Constituent College of University of Delhi and it offers various medical and paramedical courses. Its associated teaching hospital is Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, which is a 1000-bedded multi-specialty hospital.
Lectures on specific physiotherapy subjects are held at Amar Jyoti Institute which has an attached physiotherapy department. In addition to the Core Faculty, senior academicians and experts in areas such as medicine, neurology, orthopaedics, surgery etc. teach at the institute.
YEAR | NAME OF SUBJECT |
FIRST YEAR | Anatomy |
Physiology | |
Pathology & Microbiology | |
Pharmacology & Biochemistry | |
Sociology | |
English Qualifying | |
SECOND YEAR | General & Health Psychology |
Orthopaedics | |
Biomechanics & Kinesiology | |
Exercise Therapy I | |
Electro Therapy I | |
THIRD YEAR | General Medicine |
General Surgery | |
Paediatrics & Geriatrics | |
Exercise Therapy II | |
Electro Therapy II | |
FOURTH YEAR | Neurology |
Research Methodology & Biostatistics | |
Physiotherapy in Medical Conditions | |
Physiotherapy in Surgical Conditions | |
Rehabilitation, Organisation & Administration |
To qualify for the annual examinations, all students should have a minimum of 75% attendance in each subject separately. Failure to complete this requirement will lead to the student being barred from the examination. Decisions of the Attendance Review Committee of Amar Jyoti will be final in this regard.
During the entire course of study in Physiotherapy, four annual examinations will be held. These examinations will be held at the end of each academic year. A student is promoted from one year to the next only when he/she has passed the examinations in at least three main theory subjects and in all the practical examinations. The pass percentage is 50% for both theory and practical examinations.
25% of marks in all subjects (except qualifying subjects) are awarded through internal assessments. The internal assessment marks will be based on terminal examinations/ Assignments/ presentations. Out of 25% internal marks, 5% will be based on regularity in attendance of student.
The third year and fourth year students are placed in various hospitals/ institutions/ Centres in the Delhi/ NCR for Clinical training. Our students are currently receiving their clinical training VIMHANS, Chacha Nehru, Pushpanjali, LNJP, Akshay Pratishthan, DCCU, Leprosy Mission etc.
During the Internship period, the candidate will have to undergo a full time (950 hours) supervised Physiotherapy clinical practice of six months in Institutions/Hospitals/ Centres recognized by the Institution. The candidate, during this period, will be evaluated on the basis of his/her clinical performance. The marks secured during internship will be added to that scored in annual examinations for final calculation of marks. Our students are currently undergoing internship at the following hospitals/Institutes:
St. Stephens Hospital, Hedgewar Arogya Sansthan, G B Pant Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Metro Hospital, Lok Nayak Jaiprakash (LNJP) Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Pushpanjali Crosslay, Max Hospital, IHBAS etc.
