General Information

About Us

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation started its educational activities in the 2018-2019 Academic Year with 4 faculty members and 2 research assistants. In the 2024-2025 Academic Year, it continued with 7 faculty members and 4 research assistants (one of whom holds a doctorate), and as of the 2025-2026 Academic Year, it continues with 9 faculty members and 1 research assistant.

 

Mission

To train physiotherapists who are committed to ethical and social values, sensitive to human rights and the environment, and equipped with evidence-based practice and lifelong learning skills; who are competent in both professional and scientific fields through digitalization, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a quality assurance approach; and who contribute to society.

 

Vision

To be an innovative and sustainable department that is recognized for its contributions to education, research, and societal impact at the national and international levels; that has internalized a culture of accreditation and continuous improvement; and that is the preferred choice in the fields of rehabilitation technologies, healthy living, and evidence-based physiotherapy practices.

 

Basic Values

Commitment to Ethical and Social Values

Transparency and Accountability

Unique Education

Vocational and Scientific Education and Research

Interdisciplinary Study

Participation and Sharing

Lifelong Learning Awareness

 

Educational Objectives
1-Equipped with the knowledge, skills, and competencies in physiotherapy and rehabilitation necessary to identify, prevent, and treat movement and functional disorders, and to improve health-related quality of life,      
2-Prioritizing the benefit of society and environmental sustainability while adhering to professional ethical principles and universal and humanitarian values,          
3-Inquisitive, curious, innovative, and capable of critical thinking; possessing the ability for lifelong learning and evidence-based practice, and able to keep abreast of scientific and technological developments and apply them to their profession,
4-To train physiotherapists who are adept at interdisciplinary teamwork; possess self-management skills; and are capable of collaborating with other health professionals and stakeholders at both the national and international levels.

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General Information About Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department

In the world and in our country, preventive and therapeutic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation has become one of the priority areas due to the increasing life expectancy and aging of the population, and the need for conscious protection of health in parallel with scientific and technological developments. The profession of physiotherapist was born in the world with the aim of eliminating the functional losses of the disabled population, especially following wars, traumas and polio epidemics, and has reached its current popular position by passing through many stages.

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation is a science that is applied to children, young, adult or elderly healthy, patient and disabled people for therapeutic purposes, improves the quality of life of the person, includes functional activity training as well as many treatment approaches and provides solutions to problems. Physiotherapists plan and implement the physiotherapy and rehabilitation program of patients diagnosed by a specialist physician; they provide prevention and physical treatment of diseases and disabilities by increasing physical adaptation with special exercise and training programs in healthy people. In order to become a physiotherapist, it is necessary to have completed a 4-year undergraduate program that provides education in this profession and the diploma must be approved by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health. After graduation, they can continue their education and receive the title of science specialty, doctorate, associate professor, professor.

Individuals who graduate from this department can work as private or public in national and international inpatient treatment centers (university, government, etc.) orthopedics and traumatology, neurology / pediatric neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurosurgery, general surgery, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, chest diseases / thoracic surgery, pediatric diseases, urology, oncology, gynecology, otorhinolaryngology, all intensive care services, plastic surgery services, burn units, rheumatology departments, special education and rehabilitation centers, prosthesis-orthoses production and rehabilitation centers, institutions providing primary health care services, industrial areas, schools, sports clubs, retirement homes, vocational rehabilitation centers and spa centers, branch centers, home care centers.

 

Content of Education

Basic sciences specific to physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Clinical sciences

Professional lessons

Research methodology

Seminars

Supportive elective courses

Clinical study

                        • 240 ECTS credits are required to graduate from the program.

 

Departments

Department of Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Department of Orthopedic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Department of Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

 

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department Laboratories

Electrophysical Agents Laboratory-Basic Education Laboratory

Therapeutic Exercise Laboratory-Manual Therapy Laboratory

Healthy Life Laboratory

 

Internships

Clinical Summer Internship I (2nd Grade-IV. Semester)

Clinical Summer Internship II (3rd Grade - VI. Semester)

 

Clinical Practices

Clinical Practice I (4th Grade-VII. Semester)

Clinical Practice II (4th Grade-VIII. Semester)

 

After Graduation

Degree earned after graduation: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Undergraduate

Degree earned after postgraduate education: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Master's Degree

 

Working Areas

• Neurological Rehabilitation

• Orthopedic Rehabilitation

• Pediatric Rehabilitation

• Sportsman's Health

• Prosthetic Education and Rehabilitation

• Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

• Obstetric and Gynecological Rehabilitation

• Swallowing Rehabilitation

• Hand surgery and Microsurgery

• Geriatric Rehabilitation

• Preventive Physiotherapy

• Intensive Care Physiotherapist

• Lymphedema Physiotherapist