About Us

Iğdır University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation was established with the letter of the Council of Higher Education dated 10.02.2020 and numbered 75850160-101.03.01-E.10592. With the decision of the Council of Higher Education, it has started accepting students starting from the Fall semester of 2021-2022. The duration of the program is 8 semesters and the language is Turkish. Our department, as an innovative and contemporary educational institution within the body of Iğdır University, Faculty of Health Sciences, aims to train qualified manpower in the field of health and aims to provide our students with both theoretical and practical skills.
In the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation undergraduate program, students are provided with systematic professional training aimed at acquiring professional knowledge and skills. During the four-year program, they take basic medical science courses in the first year, courses in basic physiotherapy assessment and treatment approaches in the second year, and rehabilitation courses and physiotherapy and rehabilitation assessment and therapeutic approach training specific to disease and age groups in the third year. In the fourth year, students are provided with clinical practice training where they have the opportunity to apply the information they have learned during the three years. In addition, students are required to do a summer internship in the summer terms of the 2nd and 3rd years.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation departments train "physiotherapists" with professional autonomy who receive a 4-year undergraduate education at international standards in order to improve the health status and well-being of individuals and societies, to prevent diseases with treatment approaches and preventive health programs, and to increase the quality of life of individuals.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation is a branch of science that aims to improve the quality of life of the individual with multifaceted physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches in order to correct the function in disorders of the musculoskeletal system, circulatory and respiratory systems, and nervous system, and plans the correct and effective exercise prescription for sick, disabled or healthy individuals. The physiotherapy profession was born with the aim of preventing/treating the functional losses of the disabled population caused by wars, accidents and polio epidemics and reintegrating these individuals into social life. Physiotherapists are professionals who can use physiotherapy-specific assessment methods after a diagnosis by a specialist physician in the event of a disease, have the knowledge and skills to plan and implement treatment approaches developed by physiotherapists, and have important duties in increasing the quality of health and life. Physiotherapists are people who work in areas such as orthopedic rehabilitation, neurology and neurosurgery rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, especially cerebral paralysis and muscle diseases, rehabilitation following hand injuries and surgeries, rheumatic diseases, women's health, sports health, rehabilitation after surgeries, intensive care, thermal applications, especially health tourism and vocational rehabilitation.
In the 21st century, the high rates of chronic diseases in societies that have become inactive due to developing technology, and the increase in the aging population in the world and in our country make the need for the physiotherapist profession inevitable. With the aging of the population and the importance of preventive health services today due to the need for conscious protection of health, physiotherapists plan and implement individual-specific exercise prescriptions by determining evidence-based preventive and developmental protocols in order to increase the level of physical activity and improve the quality of life within the framework of the needs of individuals in addition to illness. Physiotherapists work with patients, other health professionals, families and caregivers within the framework of ethical principles. Physiotherapists also have an important place in education, training, research, and the creation and development of national and international health policies. The increase in life expectancy and the aging population in society, the increase in the quality of life expectancy, the understanding of the importance of physiotherapy and rehabilitation, the fact that physiotherapy can develop according to the changing needs of society, cause the interest in the physiotherapy profession and the need for the employment of physiotherapists to increase day by day.
Iğdır University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation aims to train physiotherapists who have professional ethics and autonomy, are knowledgeable, can take responsibility, have acquired professional practice skills, have the infrastructure to practice their profession, and are equipped with up-to-date and international information at the end of their four-year education.
Iğdır University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation offers our students a quality education at national and international standards with its expert academic staff, modern education approach and up-to-date technological infrastructure. Our department has the mission of training health professionals who are responsible for the effective provision of health services and the protection of public health, who have adopted ethical values and can think scientifically.