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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 12 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Academic Year at Swindon College |
| Assessment:
| EX 30%, PR 70% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To examine the role of the sports therapist within the sporting environment. To examine specific functional anatomy, identifying specific bony points. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * Describe the principles and concepts of movement; * Describe the human body's normal, immediate and delayed pathophysiological responses to trauma and the physiological mechanisms of pain and pain control; * Demonstrate the location, identification and comparative palpation of 'key' anatomical structures, * Examine and assess common injuries: signs, symptoms, mechanisms and aetiology; * Demonstrate the initiation and maintenance of a comprehensive medical records system; * Outline the role of the sports therapist. Skills: Intellectual * Research (F, A) * Evaluation (T, F, A) Professional * Meeting professional standards (T, F, A) * Reflective practice (F, A) Key/Transferable * Communication (F, A) * Working with others (F, A) * Problem solving (T, F, A) Practical * Safe and effective application of techniques (T, F, A) * Prioritising time and tasks (A) Content: Identification of key anatomical structures; Review of the structure and function of key anatomical structures; Location, origin and insertions of muscles; Inflammatory response to injury; Remodelling and repair stages of injury; Pain cycle; Taking history and introduction to note taking and short hand for note taking; The role of the sports therapist. |
| Programme availability: |
LP10404 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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