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Postgraduate Diploma
City Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Interest in sport and exercise in the UK has increased significantly. As professionalism and participation in sport increases, those working in the field require a diverse set of skills. This course will enable you to use science and medicine to help top athletes recover from injury and reach their physical peak, and aid the general population in maintaining healthy exercise lifestyles. You'll gain practical expertise that will allow you to assess, treat and support individuals from a variety of sporting disciplines. For example, you will understand the process of an injury audit in order to identify risks, and learn how to implement an evidence-based treatment plan that minimises the chance of re-injury or illness. With a focus on the medical side of treatment, you will develop a comprehensive knowledge of pathophysiology, biomechanics and sports specific clinical reasoning, allowing you to accurately evaluate and attend to injuries that have occurred. You'll study rehabilitation strategies, return to play assessments and explore the emergent field of prehabilitation, meaning you can prevent as well as treat injuries. With access to both our Health and Carnegie faculties - including modern science and rehab labs, and sport facilities - you'll be empowered to take a holistic view of an individual's sporting health, regardless of age or competitive level. As a student on this course, you will join a research-led academic community in the subject area of therapeutic and rehabilitation sciences.
This module will incorporate your training and assessment in current sports trauma management techniques utilised by health professionals.
Explore specific aspects of the structure and function of the neuromuscular system and their relationship with intrinsic and extrinsic factors in sport and exercise. Using advanced biomechanical techniques, this module deepens your understanding of the mechanical and neuromuscular functions that underpin injury prevention, rehabilitation and training strategies.
Examine the evidence supporting advanced exercise testing and prescription methods. You'll discuss technological advancements and their application to sports physiology with the aim to enhance elite performance. This module provides the theoretical knowledge and critical skills for you to evaluate and apply such methods within the field of sports physiology.
Combine theoretical and practical approaches which will help you to develop a comprehensive understanding of injury management. You'll explore key supporting knowledge, skills and evidence for rehabilitation strategies for athletic populations. Together, we'll critically review conservative and surgical treatment strategies, including specific controlled conditions. Finally, you'll consider and evaluate a holistic approach to progress recovery using a multidisciplinary team.
Develop your clinical reasoning skills in the assessment of sports injuries, complex clinical presentations and pathophysiology. In this module, you'll enhance your skills in critical thinking, analysis and reflection. This understanding and application of current models of clinical reasoning enables you to develop your present and future practice.
Gain a detailed and critical understanding of the application of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and exercise prescription in populations with cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions. This module focuses on the use of interpretative algorithms for the cardiopulmonary test data. You'll engage in a fairly intensive introduction to electrocardiography as well as survival statistics as they are used in clinical exercise physiology research.
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