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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 at Swindon College |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: Students will examine the ethical issues faced by a sports therapist when training athletes/clients in a sports/activity environment. A multidisciplinary approach to the sport science utilised by participants will be investigated to ensure safe as well as good practice. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * Develop an understanding of emerging ethical issues and pressures experienced by sports therapists and athletes/participants; * Identify the key issues contributing to ethical and safe practice; * Recognise how to plan effective strategies to reduce the onset and severity of illness/injury. Skills: Intellectual * Research (T, F) * Evaluation (T, F) * Synthesis and analysis (F, A) Professional * Meeting professional standards (A) * Reflective practice (F) Key/Transferable * Communication (T,A) * Working with others (T,F,A) * Problem solving (F,A) Practical * Prioritising time and tasks (F) Content: Drugs in sport, including drug testing, physiological and psychological side effects; Awareness of multidisciplinary approach to Sport Science and limitations within sports therapy, the limitations of a sports therapist and the role and function of other healthcare professionals in ethical practice; Awareness of performance factors such as jet lag, acclimatisation, heat and cold, altitude; Pressures of success, under achievement and the impact it has on injury occurrence and return to performance/activity. |
| Programme availability: |
LP10576 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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