ST7W12 - Sport and Clinical Observation Placement (2019/20)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2019/20, but may be subject to modification | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Module title | Sport and Clinical Observation Placement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Module level | Masters (07) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | School of Human Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2019/20(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
The module enables students to undertake clinical placement hours observing and reflecting upon multidisciplinary practice within sport in order to develop professional skills in the working environment. The module also enables students to experience work with injured athletes in a variety of sports based and clinical environments. The module will run over the spring semester and the summer period in order to spread the workload of students.
Prior learning requirements
N/A
Module aims
• To provide a framework for enhancing theoretical knowledge and applying professional principles for a sports injury practitioner
• To provide an opportunity of working with injured athletes across a variety of clinical and sporting environments
• To familiarise students with the ethical, legal, professional and administrative issues associated with working as a trained professional within sports related settings
Syllabus
The majority of the syllabus for this module will be experiential learning during placement hours. A number of seminar sessions will be arranged to discuss and implement:
• Ethics, legal and professional requirements and sports related practitioner skills
• Reporting case notes suitable for the environment- orally and in writing
• Reflective learning - the relevance to a sports practitioner
Learning and teaching
On completion of this module students’ provide an evaluation of how that module allowed them to develop skills such as information technology, organisational skills, team building, communication time management, and working under pressure.
This module is mainly based on experiential learning in the university's sports injury clinic and with external placements. External placements are encouraged to be varied and will be considered under the guidelines within the module handbook but must be authorised by the module leader prior to commencing the placement period. During the module formative feedback will be obtained from an external placement supervisor in order to consolidate learning. A number of seminar sessions will be organised where students will explore ethics, legal and professional requirements and additional relevant skills, and tudents will also be directed to WebLearn for seminar details and relevant links.
Students will also develop the skills to present case notes both orally and in writing.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Critically appraise practitioner skills in a sports environment
2. Appreciate the ethical, legal and professional obligations of a professional practitioner working within sport.
3. Critically appraisecase information succinctly both orally andin writing, to an appropriate audience.
4. Develop skills through personal reflection.
Assessment strategy
Assessment will be undertaken in the final semester of the placement module.
1. Seminar case study presentation (10 minutes) (30%)
2. 1350 word report on the case presented to include subsequent research primarly based on sports rehabilitation (30%)
3. 1800 word essay on reflective learning, relating to your experiences in placement, making reference to sections of your own learning log of the placement (40%)
4. Portfoliocontainig evidence of the placement hours completed, authorisation
forms, and reflection (0%)
Bibliography
Brukner P & Khan K (2009) Clinical Sports Medicine. McGraw Hill
Fritz, S. (2006) Sports and Exercise Massage – Comprehensive care for Athletics, Fitness and Rehabilitation. Elsevier. ISBN 0323028829
Maitland, G. D. (2005) Maitland’s Vertebral Manipulations (7th Ed.) Butterworth Heinemann.
Mulligan, B. (2004) Manual Therapy ‘NAGs’, ‘SNAGs’, ‘MWMs’ etc (5th Ed.) Plane View Services.
Middleditch, A. & Oliver, J. (2005) Functional Anatomy of the Spine (2nd edition) Elsevier.
Nordin, M. Frankel, V. (2003) Basic Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Palastanga, N., Field, D. and Soames, R. (2006) Anatomy and Human Movement structure and function. Elsevier Butterworth Heinmann. ISBN:0-7506-8814-9
Petty, N. and Moore, A. (2001) Neuromusculoskeletal Examination and Assessment: A Handbook for Therapists. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN: 044307061X
Online journal resourcePubMed : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/