This course is taught at both the University Campus and the Sports Medicine Centre at Hampden Park. It includes some hands-on, practical work which aims to improve background knowledge, clinical examination skills and techniques for the treatment and rehabilitation of common sports injuries. Teaching sessions are shared with 4th year intercalating medical students.

The course will be delivered on 2-3 days of the week during Semester 2

MED5344

MED5349

MED5360

MED5354

MED5362

Assessment

50% Written assignment (Case study based on patient seen at Hampden including clinical diagnosis and evidence based treatment plan)

50% Clinical OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination)

This course aims to:

■ Provide students with a detailed, critical knowledge and understanding of the aetiology, presentation, clinical features, prevention, rehabilitation and wider aspects of management of sports injuries.

■ Provide students with practical, hand-on skills in clinical examination and rehabilitation and is aimed at those working within clinical sports and exercise medicine

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Critically evaluate the pathophysiology of common sporting injuries

■ Critically discuss the scientific basis of the current accepted clinical examination of the musculoskeletal system as it relates to sports injury

■ Critically evaluate the scientific and practical rationale for the management of sports injury including medical and surgical treatments

■ Critically review and evaluate the evidence for the prevention of sports injury. This will include an understanding of the injury mechanism/aetiology, both intrinsic and extrinsic.

■ Demonstrate clinical competence in examination of the musculoskeletal system as it relates to sports injuries

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.