SX6W01 - Sports Therapy Work Placement (2024/25)
Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Module title | Sports Therapy Work Placement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit rating for module | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | School of Human Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total study hours | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module will involve the application of your practical skills and clinical reasoning in a clinic and sport setting.
You will gain experience in a variety of sports therapy arenas and you will continually develop the ability to critically reason, interpret and produce treatment plans based on case notes of specific sports injuries. The module also introduces you to aspects of sports medicine.
Prior learning requirements
Prerequisites SX5059, SX5069, SX5058, SX5068
Available for Study Abroad? NO
Syllabus
The total number of placement hours required for successful completion of the module is 200 hours. The content of which is to include (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4):
- placements (as approved by the module convenor)
- professionalism
- note taking
- ethical, equal opportunity and legal issues
- clinical reasoning
- clinical skills
- anatomy, biomechanics, inflammation, healing and repair
- rehabilitation, manual therapy, assessment, differentiation tests
- evidence based practice
‘Sports medicine’ lectures - for example, disability in sport, applied sports psychology, the effects of exercise on diseases and special populations (LO5)
Assessment, functional & applied anatomy, common conditions, problems and treatments of all joints and areas of the human body (LO5)
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
The module content is provided via lectures, seminars and practical lessons. Case studies are given where you will relate assessment information to diagnoses; these case studies will be analised in class together with in depth discussion of injuries in relation to different population groups . Practical sessions will include the examination, assessment and treatment of injuries within the sport injury clinic; this will be done under supervision.
Learning outcomes
LO 1: Assess, diagnose and treat musculoskeletal dysfunction particularly in the sporting field using clinical reasoning based on critical analysis of research
LO 2: Develop into a professional role with regard to personal presentation, patient and peer communication, and awareness of others
LO 3: Develop knowledge of the extent of the role of the sports therapist in the sporting field
LO 4: Develop handling skills through personal and peer reflection
LO 5: Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the functional anatomy and biomechanical implications of injury to the musculoskeletal system of athletes