Department for Health, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
HL20104: Introduction to sport medicine |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| EX 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take XX10179 and take BB10089 and take HL10034 |
| Description:
| Aims: To understand the cause, range, recognition, nature, treatment and prevention of sporting injuries and illnesses and the impact of drugs on sporting injuries. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this unit students should be able to: * Recognise, analyse and describe the treatment and rehabilitation of a number of common injuries of soft tissues, bones and ligaments. * Be aware of the emergency procedures to be adopted in all sporting injury scenarios, including a management plan for implementing these procedures. * Describe some of the problems associated with diagnosis in a sporting setting. * Be aware of the impact of technology and its use on the treatment and diagnoses of sporting injuries. * Discuss, and explain the common methods used to prevent injuries in various sporting activities. * Describe the use of different therapeutic drugs for treating the more common sporting injuries. Skills: * Information technology - taught and facilitated * Working independently - taught and facilitated * Written communication - taught, facilitated and assessed * Spoken communication - taught and facilitated * Problem solving - taught, facilitated and assessed * Working as part of a group - taught, facilitated and assessed. Content: Role of the sport team doctor; biomechanics of injury - mechanisms, loading types, bone remodelling; emergency treatment in sport injury; drugs in sport; sports surgery; sports radiology; sports rehabilitation. |