Structure and content of professional competence of the future specialist for рhysical therapy The article is devoted to the problem of determining the structure and content of professional competence of specialists for physical therapy. The article deals with the concept of "physical therapy (physiotherapy)" and "physical rehabilitation" from the standpoint of international and domestic science and practice and specifies the features of their interpretation. The international experience of training specialists for physical therapy was analyzing. The professional functions of a specialist in physical therapy were distinguished and examined. The types of activity of this specialist were specified: The features of clinical and non clinical directions of professional activity of the physical therapist were revealed. The content of general and professional competencies of specialists for physical therapy was considered. Based on the generalization of the program results of training competence in the structure of the professional competence of a specialist for physical therapy is allocated: scientific and methodological personal medical and biological rehabilitation and therapeutic psychological and pedagogical. Groups of professionally important skills of the physical therapist (moral communicative cognitive emotional etc.) which promote effective realization of professional activity were allocated. Key words: professional competence physical therapy physical rehabilitation knowledge skills professional functions professionally important skills