Sports Placements and Applied Practice 1
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| RHEU4022 | Medicine | 4 | 30 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- RHEU4022
- School
- Medicine
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 30
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
The aim of this module is to develop students experience and build their confidence in working within a sport’s multidisciplinary healthcare team. Understanding their duty of care to an athlete in the sports setting and enhancing their knowledge and skills in the management of sporting injuries at various stages, ranging from immediate pitch side care to long-term injury recovery and return to sports.
Students would also benefit from being aware of the medico-legal responsibilities and medical management in sports, alongside rules attached to different sports. Experience derived from this course could benefit students through enhancing their competence to work independently in high-level sports teams and in clinical practice.
Target Students
This module is offered to students are those enrolled in the MSc Sports Injury Rehabilitation program course.
Assessment
- 50% Presentation: 20 – minute Presentation on Pitch-side common injuries incurred during placement and clinical experience
- 50% Coursework: 2,000-word written essay on a pitch side injury.
- Practical
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module is designed to enable students acquire the knowledge, skills, competence and confidence in the management of sports injuries and conditions seen on the pitch side and in clinical practice, working among a wider multi-disciplinary healthcare team. Students would also be able to reflect on their own practice in a well-structured manner.As part of the requirements in this module, students would undertake a sports trauma course, that would contribute to developing students’ competence in rendering pitch side care. This would include the management of conditions such as concussions, cardiovascular resuscitation, Airway management, C-spine and common injuries that occur in sports. The sports trauma course forms a core element of the placement 1 module, it is a non-credit bearing element of this module and is non-compensable. Therefore, students are required to complete and pass this element successfully, to meet the module requirements. The cost of the first take of the trauma course would be covered by the university, further to which any subsequent attempts of the trauma course would be covered by the corresponding individual with a maximum of 3 attempts permitted to obtain the MSc degree in Sports Injury rehabilitation. Students unable to pass by the third attempt would be offered an exit fallback award in the form of a Postgraduate diploma.Learning Outcomes
To understand the fundamental requirements of immediate pitch side care of an injured athlete
To understand the medico-legal requirements of working in sports and be able to work within the remits of their professional competencies
Students would be able to understand the role of a multidisciplinary team approach in the management and rehabilitation of sporting injuries.
To embody effective skills in self-direction and originality in tackling and solving challenging situations that may arise during the course of placements.
To develop the skills and competencies in the immediate pitch side care of injured athletes, through assessing and drawing effective clinical decisions such as safely extricating an injury sustained on the pitch side.
To communicate effectively on complex matters both orally and in writing and effective time and workload management to meet deadlines.