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Postgraduate | ACU-EXSC651 | 2023
Sports Injury Prevention
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 10 weeks
Start dates
- 24 Apr 2023,
- 09 Oct 2023
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Sports Injury Prevention
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based practices in injury prevention relevant to the multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary environment of high performance sport (GA5, GA7, GA8, GA9)
- Appraise established theories, contemporary concepts and evidence-based practices relevant to injury aetiology, mechanisms, risk factors and prevention(GA4, GA5, GA8)
- Plan and present interventions for athletes, directed at prevention of injury (GA4, GA5, GA7, GA8, GA9, GA10)
- Understanding sports epidemiology research and an approach to the critical appraisal of the evidence base.
- Aetiology, mechanisms, risk factors, preventative strategies for:
- - Hamstring strain injuries;
- - Anterior cruciate ligament injury;
- - Hip and groin pain;
- - Tendinopathy; Shoulder injury;
- - Ankle injury.
The ability to develop evidence-based, best practice, strategies to prevent sporting injury is essential in high performance sport. This subject will develop knowledge and critical thinking pertinent to the prevention of common injuries seen in high performance sport. This requires understanding and interpreting sports injury epidemiology research as well as detailed knowledge of the aetiology, mechanisms, risk factors and prevention strategies of common injury types.
The aim of this subject is to develop in students an understanding of common injuries that are seen in high performance sport, to improve their ability to critically analyse the literature, and to advance their ability to deliver evidence-based programs for the prevention of injury.
In order to best enable students to achieve unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes, standards-based assessment is utilised, consistent with University assessment requirements. The assessment strategy in this unit has been designed to support learning as well as to assess it. It is sequenced so that the progression through the assessment matches the progression of learners through the learning outcomes. That is, it has a deliberate developmental narrative. Each assessment item is therefore also aligned with a specific purpose. The range of assessment strategies have been purposefully designed for the assessment of learning outcomes reflecting the principles of authentic assessment design and include:
Ungraded Hurdle: The "Reflective discussion board post" is a reflective report to generate thought and discussion;
Assessment Task 1: The "Journal article review and implementation" is an oral presentation to assess interpretation, critical appraisal and application of literature;
Assessment Task 2 : The "Discussion board posts on expert lectures" are written summaries to assess comprehension and reflection on unit content; and
Assessment Task 3: The "Injury prevention program" is a group task requiring a written literature review, and an oral presentation to assess ability to search and synthesise the literature and to apply the evidence in a high performance environment.
Students must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 50% across all assessments.- Reflective discussion board post - MUST PASS HURLDLE TASK - Enables students to reflect on current practices and to articulate their views on injury prevention.
- Journal article review and implementation - Enables students to demonstrate ability to present their interpretation of literature related to sports injury and to then show an ability to propose strategies to implement evidence into practice. (35%)
- Discussion board posts on expert lectures - Enables students to demonstrate ability to understand and interpret content presented by expert speakers. (15%)
- Injury prevention program - Enables students to work in a group to demonstrate their ability to search and synthesise literature on a specific injury and to present the application of their knowledge by developing evidence-based injury prevention programs (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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