Sports and Exercise Medicine (Online)

Learna - Diploma MSc

Overview

The Sports and Exercise MSc course provides a progression route for the Postgraduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine course.

Diploma MSc is a collaborative partner of the University of South Wales. On successful completion of this course, you will receive a Sports and Exercise Medicine MSc. This postgraduate course has also been accredited by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

The Master's in Sports and Exercise Medicine runs over one calendar year. Starting with an initial 10 week online module to develop skills in critical appraisal and knowledge of research methodologies, students then progress to the professional project module which consists of a 1,500 word proposal and 10,500 word professional project.

Entry to the two year MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine will require the successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine(120 credits) either from the University of South Wales or from another UK university.

On completion of the MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine course, graduates are able to demonstrate:

• An applied understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in an appropriate clinical setting.
• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of Sports and Exercise Medicine informed by current scholarship and research.

Course Structure

Year 1 

Module 1 - Anatomy, Physiology and Psychology of Sport and Exercise 

Module 2 - Exercise and Sport in Relation to Chronic Disease and Populations 

Module 3 - Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Return to Exercise 

Module 4 - Common Sports Injuries and Investigation 

Module 5 - Management and Rehabilitation Planning of Sports and Exercise Related Injuries 

Module 6 - The Multidisciplinary Team in Exercise and Sport

Year 2

Module 1 - Research Methodologies in Sport and Exercise Medicine

Module 2 - Professional Project

Accreditation

Diploma MSc is a collaborative partner of the University of South Wales.