Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine (SC-SPMED)

The Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine is online and interdisciplinary, designed to introduce and extend knowledge and skills for professional practice in the sports medicine and exercise setting. The curriculum of two core subjects is internationally relevant, fosters interdisciplinary communication and embraces the specialised requirements of different health professionals. It is designed for practicing clinicians as the course is studied part time. Graduate attributes are aligned with those of The Melbourne Graduate.

The clinical, interdisciplinary, wholly online Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine includes two core subjects which:

1. Map to accredited professional pathways
2. Optimise student-centred flexibility within subjects, where students “choose your own adventure” within a structured framework to personalise and build their learning experience to best match their practice context and meet career goals.
3. Include learning and assessment activities envisaged to present tangible evidence of practice competency; learning and evidence applied to practice
4. Are characterised by online Master classes, synchronous tutorials, collaborative and independent activities and interactive videos.

Assessment tasks can be completed at a distance and submitted electronically, encompassing a variety of written and presentation formats relevant to clinicians in demonstrating knowledge, clinical reasoning, communication and reflective skills in academic and practice contexts.

The Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine pitches to professionals across degree-qualified clinical health and exercise disciplines, throughout career stages and internationally, seeking to extend their knowledge professionally and clinically in Sports Medicine; embracing community health through working with the ‘weekend warrior’ to the elite athlete. The program challenges and extends clinicians to anticipate, enhance and advance best practice internationally.

The curriculum is designed around three elements which will be covered explicitly within learning outcomes in each subject: 1) Theory and Practice, 2) Evidence and Innovation and 3) Clinical practice in Context. Linking theory, research and practice is emphasised, utilising scientific evidence to underpin clinical practice and decisions. The 2 core subjects explore professional and clinical practice relating to sport, exercise and injury. These subjects require analysis, synthesis and creative problem solving within a range of practice contexts; extended knowledge and understanding of evidence and innovations that are foundational to working in different sporting environments.