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Sports Injury Treatment - core module for physiotherapists
This module will present an overview of the principles underlying manual and exercise therapy and clinical decision-making relating to treatment of athletes following injury at all stages of the healing process. This is a core module for physiotherapists taking the MSc.
Sports Injury Rehabilitation - core module for physiotherapists
This module presents an overview of the principles underlying the comprehensive rehabilitation of athletes following injury. This includes motor control theory, programme design and core stability for athletes.
Research Methods - core module for physiotherapists and doctors
This module provides the knowledge and skills to understand, design, and execute a variety of research projects. Understanding and applying for ethics approval is also covered. A range of statistical techniques essential to analyse quantitative research will be covered. This is a core module for physiotherapists and doctors.
Podiatry and Biomechanics
This module provides an in-depth knowledge of the anatomy, biomechanics and common sports injuries of the foot, ankle and lower leg. It also provides an overview of tools available for biomechanical assessment of the lower limb and covers a range of diagnostic investigations that are used, with a specific emphasis on exercise induced leg pain.
Medical Problems in Sport
This module covers a wide variety of medical issues in sport including cardiology and screening, overtraining and underperformance syndrome, respiratory disorders, diving, altitude, warm and cold weather medicine, dope testing, supplements, marathon medicine and diabetes.
Exercise Physiology and Team Medicine - core module for doctors
This module provides an understanding of the physiological basis of exercise, for both performance optimisation and health maintenance and improvement. It includes an introduction to physiological tests designed to assess physiological fitness in the laboratory and 'field' settings and how to interpret physiological data to ascertain the fitness status of an athlete. This module is a core module for doctors.
Sports Injury Assessment
This module provides a sound knowledge of the anatomy and pathophysiology of soft tissue, bones and joints. It also presents a comprehensive detailed approach to clinical assessment of presenting injury. This module has a clinical component. Part I is a core module for doctors and physiotherapists and Part II is a core module for doctors.
Exercise as a Health Tool
As health care professionals you will be encountering increasing numbers of patients with obesity and chronic health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and back pain. The importance of exercise as a health tool is being increasingly recognised by both the medical profession and the government. Currently, however, there is a lack of educational opportunity within this field. This module aims to provide you with the latest evidence on how a lack of activity may lead to the development of chronic health problems as well as how appropriate exercise may be used as a treatment. Through a series of lectures given by national experts, you will learn how exercise prescriptions can be used to treat various cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and psychological conditions.
Musculoskeletal Injection of the Spine and Appendicular Skeleton - theory and practice
This module will enable participants to:
- demonstrate a high level of knowledge and understanding of the pharmacology of relevant drugs
- demonstrate skill in the practical application of musculoskeletal injection
- be able to safely and expertly describe the clinical indications for injection therapy in the spine and appendicular skeleton
- understand the potential complications of injection therapy and understand what to do if they occur.
Term dates 2008/09
- Semester 1
- Induction day Monday 22 September 2008 (all day)
- 22 September–12 December 2008
- Semester 2
- early January to March – tbc
Written exams: beginning of June – tbc
Course work throughout both semesters – depending on the module
MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine timetable 2008 / 2009
SEMESTER A
TIME TUESDAY THURSDAY 9.00 - 11.30 Research Methods 12.30 - 15.00 Sports Injury Treatment 1 Podiatry and Biomechanics 15.30 - 18.00 Exercise Physiology & Team Medicine Sports Injury Assessment I SEMESTER B TIME TUESDAY THURSDAY 9.00 - 11.30 Sports Injury Assessment II 12.30 - 15.00 Sports Injury Rehabilitation Medical Problems in Sport 16.00 - 18.30 Musculoskeletal Injection 15.30 – 18.00
Exercise as a Health Tool
