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The goal of IMU Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation is to provide healthcare staff that helps patients achieve optimal recovery of function and movement, and enhance the overall quality of life through:

• Promotion of fitness and healthcare 
• Prevention of disabilities 
• Identification of causes for dysfunction (like pain, muscle tightness) 
• Augmentation of independence in activities of daily living 

IMU Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation focuses on the health care specialities meant to restore health and functional abilities for people after acute illness or injury such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, heart surgery, amputation, joint replacement, sports injuries, or spinal disorders. Our graduates are dedicated to advancing their knowledge of effective physiotherapy and rehabilitation therapies, and delivering the best possible patient care. The duration of education is four years, and the education language is Turkish. Patient contact is an integral part of the educational program at an early stage, provided with summer practices and clinical training rounds.

Graduates can find job opportunities in universities, public and private university hospitals, rehabilitation centers, private clinics, sports clubs, industrial facilities, public health units, home rehabilitation offering centers, centers of sports and recreational activities for the healthy and the handicapped, schools, hotels with SPA centers, schools for the handicapped, and at primary health care centers.

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life through the therapeutic use of activities. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement). Unlike other professions, occupational therapy helps people function in all of their environments (e.g., home, work, school, community) and addresses the physical, psychological, and cognitive aspects of their well-being through engagement in occupation. Equipped with a solid grounding in both the medical and social sciences, occupational therapists work with people of all ages across the entire lifespan, from newborn infants to elders in hospice care.

Occupational therapy services typically include:

• An individualized evaluation.
• Determination of the person’s goal with the client, family, and occupational therapist.
• Customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities and reach the goals.
• An outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or to modify the intervention plan based on the patient’s needs and skills.

Occupational therapists provide interventions in varied settings, including schools, hospitals, homeless shelters, nursing facilities, community clinics, private practices, corporations, executive health centers and wellness resorts. With the emerging autism epidemic, and an aging population, demand for occupational therapists will continue to be strong, now and into the foreseeable future. As a prospective occupational therapist, you will find a focus that fits your passion, from ergonomics, to rehabilitation, to wellness.

Completing Turkish secondary education or received equivalent overseas education and acquired enough points in the Turkish National Exam points Type of YKS our are necessary to start occupational therapy undergraduate education. Our students who complete 4 years undergraduate education graduate by taking the title of "occupational therapist".

Dear Students and Prospective Students,

Welcome to the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul Medipol University.
Midwifery is a respected health profession that brings together science, compassion for humanity, and professionalism, accompanying individuals through some of life's most intimate moments. In our department, our aim is to train the competent midwives of the future through a contemporary educational approach centred on the health of women, mothers, newborns, and families. Our department's educational approach focuses on developing students' professional competencies by integrating theoretical knowledge, laboratory work, and clinical practice.

Here, you will not simply learn a profession; you will embark on a journey toward becoming a health professional who is committed to ethical values, embraces scientific thinking, and contributes value to society.

We invite you to become part of the great family of Midwifery, one that is strengthened by knowledge, touches human life, and carries hope for the future.
With kind regards,

Asst. Prof. Dr. Gözde Küğcümen
Head of the Department of Midwifery
Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul Medipol University
 

Speech-language therapists (SLTs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, voice, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

Through clinical and scientific work, SLPs act as members of professional medical teams to increase the quality of life for a diverse population of varying age and health status including healthy individuals, patients and people with special needs. Speech and language therapy is recognized as a legitimate and autonomous occupation in Turkey as well as all over the world.

Our aim is to train speech and language therapy experts who follow the scientific developments and advances in technology and integrate this knowledge to their clinical practice, with an awareness of occupational ethics and values and eagerness for collaboration while practicing their profession with the highest level of competence to increase the quality of life of their clients.

Our program is designed with a focus on clinical practice provided through the hands-on applications and clinical practicum delivered at classes and clinical practice laboratories. Our graduates receive the “Speech and Language Therapist” title upon graduation.

Speech and language pathology is among the most preferred career paths in the health sciences area all over the world. Although it is a new the field in Turkey, it is among the careers with the highest rate of employment opportunities. Our graduates can be employed primarily at public and private hospitals, universities and educational institutions, therapy/rehabilitation and special education centers, public health, preventive and protective health institutions as well as choosing private practice.