Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine
Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine
The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is a course designed to help passionate, qualified practitioners working with athletes of all ages and abilities to extend their practice in sports and exercise medicine. Linking theory and practice, this course explores sport and exercise medicine in diverse contexts including: Athlete physiology, biomechanics…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is a course designed to help passionate, qualified practitioners working with athletes of all ages and abilities to extend their practice in sports and exercise medicine.
Linking theory and practice, this course explores sport and exercise medicine in diverse contexts including:
- Athlete physiology, biomechanics & performance
- Sports injury prevention, diagnosis & management
- Athlete case management.
As a student of this course you’ll have access to a network of internationally recognised experts and clinicians working with elite sports teams and institutions. You’ll also have the opportunity to appraise authentic expert consultations of real clinical cases.
This course is offered part-time and full-time, providing the flexibility to plan your study around other commitments.
The course has been designed for doctors, physiotherapists and podiatrists with a minimum of three years sports medicine relevant clinical experience. The course structure allows you to tailor your subject choices to design a program that suits your professional needs and career goals.
Course aims
This course is designed to produce excellence in best practice sports medicine.
As part of this course, you will design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in diverse sports, health and exercise contexts. You’ll further develop your practice in injury management, rehabilitation and training interventions for athletes of all ages and abilities. You’ll also learn about athlete management aiming to optimise function, enhance sports performance and encourage safe physical activity and exercise participation in different sporting and population contexts.
Career outcomes
A Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine allows graduates to enhance their professional practice capability in community and professional sporting organisations.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to: Design and implement advanced interdisciplinary clinical management plans for injury prevention, management, restoring optimal function, and the enhancement of sports performance; Interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences; Critically evaluate the scope of practice and expertise of other professionals, leading to appropriate referral, communication of information and a high standard of professional and ethical practice; Research and organise evidence-based theory in clinical case management; Integrate theory, evidence and clinical reasoning in astute clinical decision making in athletes of all ages and abilities in different sporting contexts.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
