This unit prepares healthcare professionals involved in sport to effectively manage an injured player in a sporting context.
Credits: 20 credits at level 7
Sport medicine physicians, physiotherapists and osteopaths.
Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy & Sport and Exercise Medicine, physiotherapist, MSK
Undertaking CPD at Manchester Met allows you to benefit from research-led teaching delivered by our academic staff who are experts in their fields.
This unit focuses on the advanced immediate care for all healthcare professionals working at the professional/performance level of pitchside and other contact and collision sports.
The content reflects existing hospital emergency care courses, i.e. Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and pre-hospital immediate care (PHEC) courses, but has additional collision sport specific content including on field assessment of concussion, wound care and wound closure, advanced and surgical airway management, advanced thoracic trauma management, advanced circulation management and management of a potentially spinally injured sports person.
Knowledge and understanding of:
16 weeks
This is a level 7 masters unit .
Written assignment - 4500 words
This course is not running at this moment. Register your interest and we'll let you know when it becomes available again.
The standard course fee is £1,056.
Course fees
The standard course fee is £800 for 2023/24 entry.
The standard course fee is £1056 for 2024/25 entry i.e. from September 2024.
Sponsored and self-funded applications.
We want to make our applications process as easy as possible. Please see the below list of application and funding options available for this course.
Additional information
directapplications@mmu.ac.uk
If you plan to fund your own studies, please follow the instructions below:
Programme or Modular?
With MMU, you can choose to take units either modularly or as part of a programme of study.
Modular study allows you to take one-off units and collect academic credits that you may, where allowable, count towards a future academic award, either at MMU or another university.
Programme-based study means you pursue a particular award and study units applicable to that award. You can read about MMU's programmes of study in our prospectus.
Application Form
Once you have decided whether to apply for a programme or modular study, complete and return an MMU Application Form.
HE Co-operative Application
All applications for prescribing courses require an additional application form available to complete at http://www.hecooperative.co.uk/ . You should download and complete this form and return it to MMU Admissions via email (directapplications@mmu.ac.uk).
Receipt of Applications
Once MMU has received both your MMU and HE Co-operative applications, your details will be passed to the academic lead for consideration.
We will notify you of the outcome of your application as soon as possible.
Enrolment
If your application has been successful, you will receive an invitation to enroll. At this stage you will be able to choose how you will pay your fees - a number of payment options are available.
All applicants will require a recent (within 3 years of commencing the course) DBS check at enhanced disclosure level to meet professional body requirements. This must be shown at registration. Additional documentation relating to the DBS check must also be completed; this will be sent to all successful applicants.
If your employer has agreed to fund your studies, please follow the process below to apply.
1) Programme or Modular?
With MMU, you can choose to take units either modularly or as part of a programme of study.
Modular study allows you to take one-off units and collect academic credits that you may, where allowable, count towards a future academic award, either at MMU or another university.
Programme-based study means you pursue a particular award and study units applicable to that award. You can read about MMU's programmes of study in our prospectus.
2) Application Form
Once you have decided whether to apply for a programme or modular study, complete and return an MMU Application Form. You do not need to state at this stage who will fund the course, but you may wish to confirm with your sponsor that they still intend to fund you.
On receipt, your application will be passed to the academic course leader for consideration. MMU will notify you of the outcome as soon as possible.
3) Enrolment
If your application has been successful, you will receive an invitation to enrol. At this stage you will need to present confirmation of your funding. This should take the form of a funding letter from your sponsor, printed on company headed letter paper. The confirmation should include your details, the course(s) for which your sponsor will fund you, the dates of the courses and the full fee amount that will be sponsored. The letter should be signed by an authorised signatory.
For general enquiries please contact our Course Enquiries Team.
We don't have any available dates at this moment. Please submit your contact details and we'll let you know when new timetable becomes available.
For each unit of study you complete, you’ll receive a number of credits. These credits relate to the length and depth of study involved.
A 10-credit unit equates to 100 hours of student effort. These hours include face-to-face contact with a tutor in a one-to-one or group setting, reading and researching time, completing study tasks, online learning, and preparation and completion of an assessment.
You’ll need 60 credits to achieve a postgraduate certificate (PgCert), 120 credits to achieve a postgraduate diploma (PgDip), and 180 credits for a masters degree (MA/MSc).
When you take a CPD unit, you’ll study at a specific level of learning and cover a specific topic.
Level 5 units are the academic equivalent of diploma level, level 6 units are at bachelors degree level, and level 7 units are at masters degree level.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
If you have undertaken prior learning, you may be exempt from aspects of the course you wish to study. This is subject to the University’s RPL policy. Please get in touch to discuss requirements and the types of learning recognised.
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Manchester University (The Manchester School of Physiotherapy
Post Graduate Certificate (PGCert) in Academic Practice, Manchester Metropolitan University
PhD Student, Manchester Metropolitan University
I joined the University as an Associate Lecturer and Visiting Tutor in 2009. I became a full time senior lecturer in 2012.
Employed within the NHS for 14 years, specialise in musculoskeletal disorders and have specialist experience and expertise in the assessment and treatment of Vestibular disorders.
I became the programme Leader for the MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2017.
Head of Medical, Sport Science and Performance for The England Touch Association.
Programme Leader MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine Programme
Admissions tutor MSc Pre-Registration Physiotherapy Programme
I teach on both the BSc and MSc programmes on a variety of Musculoskeletal Units, including Orthopaedic Medicine and Evidence Based Practice. I am the unit lead for Transitions in Professional Practice and Evidence Based Practice in Musculoskeletal Disorders.
I am also a member of the clinical education team and I am passionate about student education and development.
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RP. Beaven, JM. Highton, M-C. Thorpe, EV. Knott, C. Twist (2014). Movement and physiological demands of international and regional men's touch Rugby matches. J Strength Cond Res. 28(11), pp.3274-3279.
J. Selfe, C. Thorpe, K. May, J. Alexander (2020). Cryotherapy. In: A Comprehensive Guide to Sports Physiology and Injury Management. Elsevier, pp.79-95.