SP3006 - Sports Medicine

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Institute of Sport & Exercise Science

This subject will cover the medical aspects of sport and exercise including topics such as injury epidemiology; overtraining and overuse injuries; muscle, tendon, bone and joint injury; prevention of injury; drugs in sport; blood biochemistry; immune response to exercise; screening of athletes; onfield assessment and emergency procedures.

Learning Outcomes

• to describe the fundamental basis of injury and illness resulting from sport and exercise;
• to describe short and long-term treatments for common injuries related to sport and exercise;
• demonstrate an ability to perform sport strapping;
• to describe the classes of prohibited drugs and procedures, why athletes take these substances, their effects and possible side effects;
• to describe changes in blood gases, electrolytes and immune function in response to exercise.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

PP2201 or PP2230 or SP2007

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Dr Melissa Crowe
Lecturers:	jc161452, Dr Melissa Crowe.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 7 hours tutorials 14 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); on-course tests (15%); assignments (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject requires completion of Queensland Ambulance Senior First Aid course or equivalent or evidence of current Senior First Aid.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	jc161452
Lecturers:	Mr Wade Sinclair, jc161452.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 7 hours tutorials 14 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); on-course tests (15%); assignments (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject requires completion of Queensland Ambulance Senior First Aid course or equivalent or evidence of current Senior First Aid.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.