Upon successful completion of the Master of Physiotherapy in Community Rehabilitation, graduates will be able to:

• Community Rehabilitation Assessment: Assess the rehabilitation needs of individuals and communities, considering physical function, disability, activity limitations, participation restrictions, and environmental factors.
• Clinical and Functional Diagnosis: Identify physiotherapy-related problems, analyse functional limitations, and formulate appropriate rehabilitation priorities based on assessment findings.
• Individualised Rehabilitation Planning: Develop, implement, and evaluate rehabilitation plans that address the functional needs, goals, and living circumstances of individuals in community and home-based settings.
• Disability Management: Apply appropriate physiotherapy and rehabilitation principles to improve functional independence, mobility, participation, and quality of life among people living with disabilities.
• Community-Based Rehabilitation: Plan and contribute to community-based rehabilitation initiatives that support access to services, continuity of care, functional recovery, and social participation.
• Health Promotion and Prevention: Develop and implement preventive physiotherapy and health promotion strategies addressing physical inactivity, functional decline, disability-related needs, and other relevant community health concerns.
• Home-Based Rehabilitation: Adapt rehabilitation interventions to the home environment and available resources, taking into account safety, accessibility, caregiver support, and individual functional goals.
• Assistive Devices and Environmental Adaptation: Recognise the need for appropriate assistive devices, mobility support, and environmental modifications, and facilitate referral or collaboration with relevant professionals where required.
• Patient, Family and Caregiver Education: Educate individuals, families, and caregivers about exercise, safe mobility, functional activities, self-management, and strategies to support participation in daily life.
• Evidence-Based Practice: Critically appraise scientific literature and apply relevant research evidence to community rehabilitation, clinical decision-making, and evaluation of interventions.
• Research and Programme Evaluation: Demonstrate research skills through literature review, research planning, appropriate data collection and analysis, scientific writing, and evaluation of rehabilitation outcomes and programmes.
• Professionalism and Interprofessional Collaboration: Demonstrate ethical practice, effective communication, appropriate documentation, professional accountability, and collaboration with healthcare providers, community workers, and other relevant stakeholders.