Diagnosis In Sport (MEDI90089)
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About this subject
Contact information
Term 3
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | Term 3 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
All students complete a foundation sports medicine theory & practice module Clinical Reasoning for Differential Diagnosis . Theory and practice of sports injury differential diagnosis is explored, including clinical reasoning strategies, hypothesis formulation & testing, clinical pattern recognition, and specific diagnostic and evaluative qualities of assessment tools. Students will scrutinise best practice within the different entities of sports medicine assessment: client history, physical examination, medical imaging and the relevant underpinning biomedical science. The role and influence of communication parallels the process of scientific evaluation, particularly in the attainment and conveyance of relevant assessment and diagnostic information.
Students will then select 2 from 3 Stream Modules within which to integrate and apply this knowledge to inform an evidence-based, prioritised approach to sports medicine assessment and diagnosis.
1.Assessment and Diagnosis of Function
2.Evidence-based Assessment of the Spine and Peripheral Joints
3.Athlete Illness
The final Integration, Contribution & Reflection Module entails communicating pertinent assessment, differential diagnoses and the clinical reasoning explored in the Streaming Modules to hypothetical patients, and student-peers who represent the interdisciplinary team. Potential referral and management plans are formulated, focussing on justification and clinical reasoning. There is opportunity for interdisciplinary scrutiny, contribution and reflection.
Intended learning outcomes
The curriculum is designed around three elements that provide integration throughout the program.
These elements are:
Sports Medicine Theory & Practice:
- Critically apply clinical reasoning models including hypothetico-deductive and clinical pattern recognition to differential diagnosis in sports medicine contexts
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the specific diagnostic and evaluative qualities of assessment tools, including: reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood, negative likelihood, and diagnostic accuracy
- Draw upon the relevant biomedical sciences in formulating differential diagnoses, including human tissue and systems pathophysiology and clinical behavioural aspects
- Critically discuss processes of diagnosis communication
Clinical Practice in Context
- Collect histories and supplementary data relevant to sports medicine and needs of the athlete using accurate and efficient selection of inquiry strategies based on early recognition and accurate interpretation of relevant clinical cues
- Provides the athlete with appropriate and adequate information in relation to diagnosis, to inform prognosis and a clinical sports medicine management plan.
- Select and evaluate sufficient outcomes in collecting of quantitative and qualitative data relevant to sports medicine from the athlete in a systematic, efficient and prioritised neuro-musculoskeletal physical examination
- Demonstrates advanced effective and flexible communication skills during the interview and physical examination to obtain information communicated verbally or non-verbally by the athlete.
Evidence & Innovation
- Demonstrate capacity to critique innovative technologies in the management of common athletic challenges
- Use advanced clinical reasoning to integrate scientific evidence, clinical data, the patient's perceptions and goals, and factors related to the clinical context and the athlete's individual circumstances
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Bachelor degree or equivalent in the discipline of Physiotherapy, Medicine, Podiatry; or another relevant discipline with clinical diagnostic qualification is recommended.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Case Study - Diagnosis in Practice
| Week 4 | 30% |
Presentation evidence - Diagnosis guideline challenge (STREAM)
| Week 6 | 20% |
Discussion Report - Best Practice in diagnosis in Sport
| Week 9 | 40% |
Contribution to online discussion
| Throughout the semester | 10% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Term 3 - Online
Coordinator Sonya Moore Mode of delivery Online Contact hours approximatly 32 hrs (8 weeks x 4 hrs) Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 18 July 2022 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students can choose to: View a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and student participation expectations Engage with discussion board to meet their tutors and colleagues enrolled in the program Become familiar with the library by completing a small task that requires navigation of library resources and Complete one online task, which will familiarise them with online learning requirements. This task can involve a quick quiz, reading a newspaper piece on a contemporary debate or reading a seminar paper on the subject. These activities serve to familiarise the students with the online learning environment and prepare the students for commencing their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 18 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 19 July 2022 Census date 12 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 September 2022 Assessment period ends 25 September 2022 Term 3 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
Approximately 140 hours, (9 weeks x 12 hrs + 32 contact hrs). The final assessment task will be submitted at the end of week 9. Students will be expected to complete independent learning activity equivalent to approximately 12 hours a week over the 9 weeks.
Additional delivery details
There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students can choose to:
- View a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and student expectations
- Engage with discussion board to meet their tutors and colleagues enrolled in the program
- Become familiar with the library by completing a small task that requires navigation of library resources and
- Complete one online task which will familiarise them with online learning requirements. This task can involve a quick quiz, reading a newspaper piece on a contemporary debate or reading a seminar paper on the subject.
These activities serve to familiarise the students with the online learning environment and prepare the students for commencing in their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
Last updated: 4 March 2025