The mission of the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department is to provide services for the protection, maintenance and development of public health in our country and region, sensitive to social problems and socially responsible, giving priority to innovative, scientific, humanitarian and ethical values, taking an active role in health policies, respected and qualified. To train physiotherapists and health educators.
The purpose of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program training; To train physiotherapists in order to improve health, prevent and treat diseases, and improve quality of life by increasing functionality. In this context, it is aimed to train physiotherapists who make effective use of information and technology as well as life-long learning, observation and presentation, and teamwork on course-related subjects, as well as skill acquisitions such as interpreting findings on a case by identifying clinical problems, and making clinical decisions. It forms the basis for postgraduate education in raising physiotherapists who have adopted the principle of interdisciplinary work and shed light on science with an understanding of innovation.
Students who successfully complete the 4-year Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation undergraduate program gain the title of “Physiotherapist” and their legal rights. By determining the problems arising from injury, illness, congenital disability, movement system disorders or other conditions with special measurement-evaluation methods, planning, implementing and re-evaluating the physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for improving functional capacity according to the diagnosis of the specialist physician, as well as healthy individuals is a health personnel who has professional autonomy who plans appropriate exercises and preventive programs in order to maintain their health.
After graduation, they can continue their graduate education in the education and training programs of domestic or foreign public/private universities and research institutes and become a science specialist, doctor of science, assistant professor, associate professor and professor academician. Physiotherapists also produce new information and technology with TÜBİTAK, BAP, DPT, R&D, community-based and international projects.
FTR department students;
- To be able to communicate effectively,
- Must be interested in health sciences,
- Must be successful in Science,
- Should be able to integrate theory and practice,
- Should be prone to multidisciplinary work,
- Must be able to take social responsibility.