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Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine (SC-SPMED)
Specialist CertificateYear: 2019 Delivered: Online
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Principal Coordinator
Louisa Remedios
Overview
Award title | Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine |
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Year & campus | 2019 |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | Non-AQF |
Credit points | 25 credit points |
Duration | 6 months part-time |
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:
- Map to accredited professional pathways
- 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.
- Include learning and assessment activities envisaged to present tangible evidence of practice competency; learning and evidence applied to practice
- 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.
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
- a bachelor degree or equivalent in the discipline of Physiotherapy, Medicine, Exercise Science, Podiatry, or another relevant discipline;
- at least three years of documented practice in clinical, sport, health or exercise science.
Meeting this requirement does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic performance; and
- the professional experience
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for graduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 7.0 is required.
Notes:
On successful completion of the course requirements for the Specialist Certificate in Sports Medicine, students with an exercise science qualification can progress to the Graduate Certificate in Sports Medicine and/or to the Master of Sports Rehabilitation.
On successful completion of the course requirements for the Specialist Certificate of Sports Medicine, students with physiotherapy, medicine, podiatry or other relevant qualifications can progress to the Graduate Certificate in Sports Medicine, Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine and/or to the Master of Sports Medicine. These students can also progress to the Master of Sports Rehabilitation.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to providingsupport to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website. http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/
Intended learning outcomes
Sports Medicine Theory & Practice
- Critically evaluate and synthesise information in the provision of advice, rehabilitation and training interventions to athletes of all ages and abilities
- Critically integrate evidence in the provision of advice and promotion of safe physical activity participation in different sporting and population contexts
- Critically discuss principles and frameworks of professional and ethical practice in the sports health and exercise environment; integrating interdisciplinary practice models within own professional and ethical practice frameworks
- Critically utilise technical and communication skills to evaluate and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in sports, health and exercise contexts
- Plan and manage independent learning, including engaging in reflective practice
Clinical Practice in Context
- Design interdisciplinary management plans relating to injury management and restoring optimal function
- Critically evaluate the scope of practice and expertise of other professionals, leading to appropriate referral, communication of information and a high standard of professional and ethical practice
- Interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Integrate theory, evidence and clinical reasoning in decision making in the management of athletes of all ages and abilities in different sporting contexts
Evidence and Innovation
- Critically evaluate literature in addressing questions relevant to the management of the athlete
- Explain the application of research and evidence to practice in the field of sports, health and exercise science
- Evaluate and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in the sports, health and exercise context
Generic skills
On completion of this course, students will have had the opportunity to develop the skills associated with:
- Managing and evolving their professional development in accordance with identified opportunities and career goals
- Applying knowledge of biological, social and medical sciences relevant to Sports Medicine to best-practice case management
- Advanced understanding, application and monitoring of the processes of clinical reasoning
- Providing evidence-based advice and education to athletes and other professionals regarding the optimal activity or sport and the ways in which they can minimise risk of injury and promote health
- Critically evaluating their practice in relation to new information, promoting the appropriate application of new knowledge and innovations in multidisciplinary practice and decision-making processes
- Communicating and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team and all involved parties in case management
Course structure
Students complete 2 core subjects (25 points).
Subjects constituting Specialist Certificate of Sports Medicine can be undertaken singly as ‘stand-alone’ continuing professional development (CPD) Units or as a progression towards a Graduate Diploma or Masters degree. Subjects may be undertaken simultaneously with approval from the program director and in any order (according to scheduling and availability).
Compulsory subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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MEDI90092 | The Modern Athlete |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
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12.5 |
REHB90007 | Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
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12.5 |
Further study
All students can progress onto a Graduate Certificate in Sports Medicine.
Students who have completed a degree in medicine, physiotherapy and podiatry, can progress to the Graduate Diploma of Sports Medicine and Master of Sports Medicine.
Students who have completed an exercise science degree, medicine, physiotherapy or podiatry or equivalent can progress to a Graduate Diploma in Sport Rehabilitation and Master of Sports Rehabilitation.
Further, the physiotherapy department also offers a postgraduate Graduate Diploma and Master in Rehabilitation Science and Research Higher Degrees at PhD and Masters level.
Last updated: 30 January 2024