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Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine (GD-SPMED)
Graduate DiplomaYear: 2022 Delivered: Online
About this course
Contact
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149 Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm.
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Further information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-diploma-in-sports-medicine/
Principal Coordinator
Sonya Moore
Overview
Award title | Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine |
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Year & campus | 2022 — Parkville |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 8 |
Credit points | 100 credit points |
Duration | 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time |
The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is online and interdisciplinary, designed to produce graduates with extended knowledge and skills for professional practice in the area of clinical sports medicine. The curriculum is internationally relevant, fosters interdisciplinary communication and embraces the specialised requirements of different health professionals. It is designed for practicing clinicians as it can be studied part time or full time and has several exit points within its nested structure. It provides a pathway through a specialist certificate and graduate certificate, with opportunity to progress to the 150 credit point Masters of Sports Medicine. Graduate attributes are aligned with those of The Melbourne Graduate; and further distinguished by established discipline-specific professional Masters level competency and standards frameworks in the domain of clinical sports medicine.
A clinical, interdisciplinary, wholly online Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine mapped to accredited professional specialisation with three overlapping foundational pillars incorporated within learning, teaching and assessment tasks. This course offers:
- Student centred flexibility within and between subjects, where students are offered multiple choices within a structured framework to personalise and build their learning experience to best match their practice context and meet career goals.
- Longitudinal assembly of a Sports Medicine Master Portfolio of multi-modal professional and community resources. This is envisaged to present tangible evidence of practice competency; learning and evidence applied to practice; and with its construct broadly defined by professional pathways towards recognised sport-specialist accreditation.
- Cultivation of a Sports Medicine Master Community of practice which aligns the needs, demands, expertise and experience of the student cohort, sports and exercise community environments, tutor team, and clinical field experts. This will be characterised by online Master classes, synchronous tutorials, collaborative and independent activities, interactive videos and opportunity for direct interaction with real athletes and sporting organisations.
This approach is pedagogically robust and embraces the progressing international climate of flexible, sustainable, distance learning models. 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 Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is designed for professionals across degree-qualified clinical health disciplines, throughout career stages and internationally. In doing so, it pitches to post-graduates striving to achieve best practice professionally and clinically in Sports Medicine; embracing community health through working with a range of abilities, from recreational athletes to the elite athlete across the lifespan, from adolescent to senior athletes. 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 throughout the program: 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 Graduate Diploma core subjects explore professional and clinical practice relating to sport, exercise and injury in areas including athlete physiology, biomechanics & performance; sports injury prevention, diagnosis & management and athlete case management. Alongside 6 core subjects, the course includes 2 selective subjects enabling students to scaffold their learning according to their interest areas and practice context. These subjects all require analysis, synthesis and creative problem solving within a range of practice contexts; extended knowledge and understanding, research principles and new innovations that are necessary to undertake sports medicine practice in different environments.
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must:
- a bachelor degree or equivalent in the discipline of Physiotherapy, Medicine, Exercise Science or Podiatry; and
- have at least 2 years of relevant post-entry to practice professional experience in clinical, sport or health.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applicants, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic performance; and
- professional work 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.
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 from a complex body of knowledge in the provision of advice, injury management, rehabilitation and training interventions to athletes of all ages and abilities
- 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 integrate evidence in the provision of advice and promotion of safe physical activity participation in different sporting and population contexts
- Plan and manage independent learning and develop sustainable strategies for lifelong learning and reflective practice
- Critically utilise technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in sports, health and exercise contexts
Clinical Practice in Context
- Design and implement advanced interdisciplinary clinical management plans for injury prevention, management, restoring optimal function, and the enhancement of sports performance
- 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
- Research and organise evidence-based theory in clinical case management
- Integrate theory, evidence and clinical reasoning in astute clinical decision making in athletes of all ages and abilities in different sporting contexts
- Interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Evidence and Innovation
- Explain the application of research and evidence to clinical practice in the field of sports, health and exercise science
- Critically evaluate research methodology and evidence quality in the context of sports, health and exercise science
- Design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in the sports, health and exercise context
- Analyse, synthesise and evaluate literature in addressing questions relevant to the management of the athlete
Generic skills
On completion of this course, students will have had the opportunity to develop the skills associated with:
- Designing, maintaining and presenting their evolving Sports Medicine Master Professional Development Portfolio
- Constructing, managing and evolving their professional development and career plan in accordance with Specific National Standards of practice, professional titling, identified opportunities and career goals
- Applying advanced knowledge of biological, social and medical sciences relevant to Sports Medicine to best-practice injury and case management
- Advanced understanding, application and monitoring of the processes of clinical reasoning and the need to develop strategies of expert reasoning
- Providing evidence-based advice and education to athletes and other professionals regarding the optimal activity or sport for specific individuals 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
In order to qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Sports Medicine students must successfully complete six core subjects (75 points) and 2 elective subjects (25 points).
Subjects constituting the Graduate Diploma can be undertaken singly as ‘stand-alone’ continuing professional development (CPD) Units or as a progression towards the Master of Sports Medicine. Subjects may be undertaken simultaneously with approval from the program director and in any order (according to scheduling and availability).
Students may apply for recognition of prior learning in these subjects (RPL) of up to 25 credit points for any course with 50 or more credit points.
Compulsory subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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MEDI90092 | The Modern Athlete |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
REHB90007 | Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90089 | Diagnosis In Sport | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
SMED90002 | Injury Pathophysiology & Management | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
SMED90001 | Biomechanics & Sports Injury Prevention |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
PSYC90108 | Sport Psychology | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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REHB90001 | Foundations of Rehabilitation |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
HLTH90001 | Health Behaviour Change | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90003 | Evaluation of Rehabilitation Practice | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90006 | Rehabilitation for Women's Health | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90005 | Rehabilitation for Paediatrics | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90002 | Rehabilitation Activity and Exercise |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
REHB90009 | Innovation and Emerging Technologies | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
RADI90024 | Neuromusculoskeletal Radiology | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90010 | Research and Evidence in Practice |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
HLTH90017 | Sports Nutrition | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PHRM90022 | Sports Pharmacotherapeutics | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
PHTY90114 | Physiotherapy Advanced Clinical Practice | Semester 1 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2022