School for Health, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
FH50076 SEM in practice |
| Credits: 12 |
| Level: Masters |
| Modular: no specific semester |
| Assessment: CW 30%, EX 70%, PR 0% |
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Aims: This unit aims to provide the student with an opportunity to develop their practice experience and clinical examination skills, to acquire learning through clinical assessment and work-based experience and to study the running of a well-organised sports medicine clinic.
Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to: * Demonstrate the ability to practise first aid treatments, basic and advanced resuscitation techniques and the management of a spinal injury for the emergency care of an injured athlete. * Take a history, select and carry out the appropriate clinical examination for sports-related injuries in order to reach a diagnosis, including consideration of the mechanism and causes. * Assess treatment options and plan rehabilitation for different sports-related problems, including acute conditions. * Critically analyse sport and exercise medicine related cases with reference to the patient history, make a diagnosis and advise on appropriate investigations and/or referrals. * Develop an evidence-based management plan for a variety of sport and exercise medicine related conditions making reference to the underlying mechanism and causes. * Give advice to athletes concerning performance enhancement and injury avoidance. Skills: On completion of this unit students should be able to demonstrate the following: Knowledge and understanding: (Taught, Facilitated, Assessed) * The international context and requirements of multidisciplinary Sports Medicine practice; qualification in emergency care; Professional bodies of sports medicine Intellectual skills (Taught, Facilitated, Assessed) * Information synthesis; self direction and originality in problem solving; reflection on learning and practice Professional practical skills (Taught, Facilitated, Assessed) * Apply safe, ethical and legal sports medicine practice; apply knowledge and understanding from different sources and relevant theory to practice; support multi-disciplinary colleagues; engage in reflective practice. Key skills * Plan and manage independent learning (Taught, Facilitated) * Communicate effectively with colleagues and tutors through asynchronous online discussions (Taught, Facilitated) * Critically reflect on and develop practice (Taught, Facilitated Assessed) * Integrate and critically evaluate information gathered from a wide range of resources including the unit resource book, text books, journal articles, web pages and other online resources. An appreciation for a hierarchy of evidence should be displayed.(Taught, Facilitate, Assessed) Content: * A review of the biomechanics of the upper limb, lower limb and spine together with associated clinical examination techniques * Practice of first aid and life support * Common sports science evaluations in the laboratory and in the field * Experience of the work of a sports coach as it applies to the prevention of injury and rehabilitation * Practice of strapping and massage techniques * Experience in the application of psychological testing * The opportunity to introduce and discuss latest developments in sport and exercise medicine * Experience of evaluating patients in a clinic and formulating a plan for their management * Experience of sports science evaluations of patients in the laboratory * Experience of a high level coaching session and the opportunity to further understand the relationship between coach and athlete. |