This is a new course for 2022 entry (subject to final approval). Some details may change.

Football medicine in practice 1

Aims

The aim of this unit is to enable students to produce a professional practice portfolio within which they will identify and develop ongoing learning needs in order to acquire the necessary skills and experience to apply their football medicine knowledge to a clinical setting. This will be achieved using reflective practice and continuing education experiences, as required by professional bodies. The unit draws on skills acquired through clinical experience and academic development in the other units of the Football Medicine programme.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:


• Plan and manage independent learning and develop sustainable strategies for lifelong learning and future professional development 

• Develop evidence-based rehabilitation programmes for athletes or patients in conjunction with other health professionals and coaches 

• Demonstrate an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the various clinicians within a multi-disciplinary team to athletes in the sport environment

• Communicate effectively through the development of positive and supporting relationships with patient/client groups and other health professionals 

• Critically appraise, consolidate and apply knowledge gained in this and other modules in the management of a broad range of sport and exercise conditions.

Skills

• Information synthesis

• Self-directed learning

• Originality in problem solving

• Reflection on learning and practice

• Critical appraisal and application of scientific literature and evidence-base in relation to clinical practice

• Clinical application of knowledge relevant to the practice of football medicine

• Effective communication with colleagues and tutors through asynchronous online discussions 

• Integration and critical evaluation of information gathered from a wide range of resources including text books, journal articles, web pages and other online resources.

Taught (T), facilitated (F), Assessed (A).

Football medicine in practice 2

Aims

This unit aims to support students in developing their practice experience and clinical examination skills through taught clinical weeks of study and self-directed learning, and in acquiring the necessary skills and experience to apply their Football Medicine knowledge to a clinical setting. The unit draws on skills acquired through clinical experience and academic development in the other units of the Football Medicine programme.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

• Competently carry out a sports-specific musculoskeletal clinical history and examination and reach appropriate diagnostic conclusions

• Critically appraise and clinically apply appropriate investigations within a consultation

• Develop evidence-based rehabilitation programmes for injured athletes or patients in conjunction with other health professionals and coaches

• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide sport and exercise medicine services to a clinic of team

• Communicate effectively through the development of positive and supporting relationships with patient/client groups and other health professionals

• Develop and demonstrate clinical competence in the medical management of team support including the planning and preparation of team travel and the application of doping infringement legislation

• Provide emergency care to those engaged in football as elite and recreational athletes

• Critically appraise, consolidate and apply knowledge gained in this and other modules in the management of a broad range of sport & exercise conditions 

• Evaluate the role of practical sports science as applied to Football Medicine

Skills

• Competency in pre-hospital emergency care
• Successful application of football medicine skills to individual athletes and to the team environment. 

• Appropriate application of football medicine skills in alternative sport/clinical environments
• Information synthesis 

• Self-directed learning 

• Originality in problem solving 

• Reflection on learning and practice 

• Clinical application of knowledge relevant to the practice of football medicine 

Professional practical skills 

• Application of safe, ethical and legal sports medicine practice 

• Synthesis and application of knowledge and understanding from different sources and relevant theory to practice 

• Management and support of multi-disciplinary sport and exercise teams 

• Effective communication with colleagues and tutors through asynchronous online discussions 

• Integration and critical evaluation of information gathered from a wide range of resources including textbooks, journal articles, web pages and other online resources

Taught (T), facilitated (F), Assessed (A).

Advanced football medicine

Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop advanced understanding of performance and health management within the football environment. It will equip students to appropriately direct the medical care of players at various competitive levels.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:



• Critically appraise a range of evidence sources appropriate to football medicine practice

• Design and deliver football medicine interventions for challenging and complex cases based on sound scientific rationales and clinical reasoning

• Adapt clinical practice to appropriately manage cases across a range of football settings
• Critically evaluate the use of evidence to extend the boundaries of clinical practice

Skills

• Information synthesis
* Self-directed learning

• Originality in problem solving
* Reflection on learning and practice

• Critical appraisal and application of scientific literature and evidence-base in relation to clinical practice

• Clinical application of knowledge relevant to the practice of football medicine

• Planning and management of independent learning

Taught (T), facilitated (F), Assessed (A).