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Requisites

Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and SES2104 and SES2201

Other requisites

Note: On-campus offer is subject to sufficient enrolments. If 10 working days prior to commencement of this course on-campus enrolment shows fewer than 10 students, this course will be offered in external mode only (residential school mandatory).

Rationale

This course provides an overview of sports medicine and rehabilitation as it relates to participation in sport and physical activity. This course addresses information that is particularly relevant to those involved in health, fitness and sports contexts and provides knowledge and skills relevant to a range of sports medicine and rehabilitation issues. Students will recognise the importance of ensuring the safe involvement of individuals and groups in physical activity and will be able to plan to ensure that this occurs. Although students will focus on knowledge and skills applicable to generally healthy individuals the course will also consider the lifespan and different population groups. The close association between sports trainers, sports scientists and physical educators to other professionals such as medical practitioners and physiotherapists is emphasised. Students will be able to outline their personal role in any rehabilitation processes required of individuals and which may be conducted in association with other professionals. Students will be made aware of the need to constantly improve their knowledge and skills and to foster close links with professionals in relevant areas.

Synopsis

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills regarding sports medicine. Although there will be a focus on sporting performance safety and injury prevention for physical activity in a range of activities across the lifespan, and within specific populations, will also be examined. Professional practice duties and responsibilities of sports scientists and sports trainers and their interactions with medical and allied health professionals will be outlined. The course will review and incorporate knowledge and skills from various disciplines that is appropriate to sports medicine.

Objectives

Topics

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Reference materials

Student workload expectations

Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   External students must attend the mandatory residential school and on-campus students must attend the mandatory on-campus practical classes. It is the students' responsibility to participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   To satisfactorily complete each assignment a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for each item. To satisfactorily complete the examination a student must achieve at least 40% of the marks for the exam. To satisfactorily complete the course a student must attend and participate at least 80% of the practicals.
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), and have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the marks available for that assessment item. To satisfactorily complete the practical requirement a student must attend and participate at least 80% of the practicals (Proficiency).
   
   Supplementary assessment may be offered where a student has undertaken all of the required summative assessment items and has passed the Primary Hurdle but failed to satisfy the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), or has satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised) but failed to achieve a passing Final Grade by 5% or less of the total weighted Marks.
   
   To be awarded a passing grade for a supplementary assessment item (if applicable), a student must achieve at least 50% of the available marks for the supplementary assessment item as per the Assessment Procedure (point 4.4.2).
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
   There is no examination in this course.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   The only materials that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are:
   a. writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination);
   b. calculators which cannot hold textual information
   c. unmarked non electronic English language dictionary (but not technical dictionary).
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are: There is no examination in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.
   
   
8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment notes

1. Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.
   
   
2. If electronic submission is specified for a course assessment, students will be notified of this on the Course ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Desk. The due date for an electronically submitted assessment is the date by which a student must electronically submit the assignment irrespective of holidays. The assignment files must be submitted by 11.55pm on the due date using USQ time (as displayed on the clock on the course home page; that is, Australian Eastern Standard Time).
   
   
3. If hardcopy submission is specified for a course assessment students will be notified of this on the Course ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Desk. The due date for a hardcopy assignment is the date by which a student must submit at USQ or despatch the assignment to USQ irrespective of holidays.
   USQ will NOT accept submission of assignments by facsimile or email unless expressly requested by the course examiner.
   
   
4. Referencing in Assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. These policies can be found at
   
   
5. As part of the mandatory residential school, students may be expected to complete practical classes and assessment as advised by the course examiner.
   
   

Evaluation and benchmarking

In meeting the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app's aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:

1. conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement.

2 forms part of the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise program and is benchmarked against the
• internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.
• professional accreditation standards of Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA).

Other requirements

1. Computer, e-mail and Internet access:
   Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at
   
   
2. Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in this course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect the same grades as those students who do possess them.
   It will be a non-assessed expectation of students to complete a Level 1 Sports Trainer qualification through Sports Medicine Australia (SMA). Taping and treatment aspects covered in this qualification will complement this course.
   
   
3. Students undertaking this course in external mode will be expected to attend a residential school to completed practical aspects related to the course. This will involve 16 hours of necessary practical work over a two day period to successfully complete the course. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (. On-campus students can follow the Class Timetables ( as a guide or enrolled students can refer to their student portal and navigate to Student Centre>Self Service>Timetables>My Weekly Schedule.