Overview of Option 1 - Sports Medicine
Outcomes
A student:
H8 - explains how a variety of training approaches and other interventions enhance performance and safety in physical activity.
H13 - selects and applies strategies for the management of injuries and the promotion of safety in sport and physical activity.
H16 - devises methods of gathering, interpreting and communicating information about health and physical activity concepts.
H17 - selects appropriate options and formulates strategies based on a critical analysis of the factors that affect performance and safe participation.
H8 - explains how a variety of training approaches and other interventions enhance performance and safety in physical activity.
H13 - selects and applies strategies for the management of injuries and the promotion of safety in sport and physical activity.
H16 - devises methods of gathering, interpreting and communicating information about health and physical activity concepts.
H17 - selects appropriate options and formulates strategies based on a critical analysis of the factors that affect performance and safe participation.
Critical Questions In Focus
Critical Question 1 - How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Critical Question 2 - How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
Critical Question 3 - What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Critical Question 4 - How is injury rehabilitation managed?
Critical Question 2 - How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
Critical Question 3 - What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Critical Question 4 - How is injury rehabilitation managed?
Sports Medicine is Option 3 and is concerned with prevention, assessment, management of and recovery from sports injury. In this module, you examine how the extent and intensity of sports participation relates to sports injuries. You also explore technical and scientific approaches for maintaining the wellbeing of athletes in Sports Medicine.
In this module you will learn to classify injuries as: soft, or hard, and direct, indirect, or overuse injuries. You will revisit First Aid from Prelim and look at the management of these injuries through RICER and immobilisation. You will also use your First Aid knowledge to consider how specific athlete considerations are managed, particularly the medical conditions for adult and aged, as well as children and young athletes.
Sports Medicine requires you to know how to avoid injury as well. This includes being physically prepared for performance, but also looks at sports policy and environmental considerations. Finally you will look at injury rehabilitation and how it is managed to determine when an athlete should return to play.
In this module you will learn to classify injuries as: soft, or hard, and direct, indirect, or overuse injuries. You will revisit First Aid from Prelim and look at the management of these injuries through RICER and immobilisation. You will also use your First Aid knowledge to consider how specific athlete considerations are managed, particularly the medical conditions for adult and aged, as well as children and young athletes.
Sports Medicine requires you to know how to avoid injury as well. This includes being physically prepared for performance, but also looks at sports policy and environmental considerations. Finally you will look at injury rehabilitation and how it is managed to determine when an athlete should return to play.