Master of Sports Rehabilitation
Master of Sports Rehabilitation
The Master of Sports Rehabilitation is designed for passionate exercise science professionals who want to train in assisting injured athletes back to performance health. The course explores a range of rehabilitation areas across all aspects of athlete management including women’s health, neurology, musculoskeletal and global health. You will be able…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Master of Sports Rehabilitation is designed for passionate exercise science professionals who want to train in assisting injured athletes back to performance health.
The course explores a range of rehabilitation areas across all aspects of athlete management including women’s health, neurology, musculoskeletal and global health. You will be able to select from a range of specialised subjects and learn from industry leaders, and you will have the opportunity to appraise authentic expert consultations of real clinical cases.
This course is 100% online and can be studied full-time or part-time, with the flexibility to personalise your learning experience to match your career goals. You will be able to tailor your studies and build on your knowledge through the selection of a range of specialised subjects such as neuromusculoskeletal radiology and sport psychology.
Who the course is for
The Master in Sports Rehabilitation is designed specifically for exercise scientists with a minimum of three years relevant sports injury prevention and management experience, and to doctors, physiotherapists, and podiatrists with a minimum of three years relevant sports performance and injury management experience.
Course aims
As part of this course, you will engage with international and interdisciplinary best practice methods in managing active people and athletes. You’ll extend your practice in assessing and managing athletes of all ages and abilities across the health illness-performance spectrum, using a person-centred focus.
You’ll also engage with contemporary approaches to sport, health and exercise, as well as the influence of evidence-informed practice and innovation in exercise participation and sport performance. You’ll approach this with evolving engagement with clinical practice guidelines and health policy.
Career outcomes
The Master in Sports Rehabilitation course prepares graduates for a varied and dynamic career in both clinical and sports environments. This course will open up rewarding career opportunities for you both locally and internationally.
Graduates can expect to work across a range of healthcare settings in a specialist rehabilitation capacity. You will be qualified to create treatment plans to promote movement, reduce pain, and restore function to injured active people. Furthermore, you will have the experience to help optimise patient health through a range of rehabilitation strategies and exercise plans. Our graduates will be sought after to work collaboratively, alongside other health professionals to improve patient health.
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.
