The Specialised Major in Sports Physiotherapy - Not being offered in 2010

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Strict application closing dates for Semester 1, 2010.
Please note that the closing date for domestic student applications for Semester 1 2010 will be 30 October 2009. Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted.

Another study option is to consider enrolling in the Master of Health Sciences. A significant feature of this programs is its flexibility. It allows health care professionals to design an entire program that meets individual professional interests and learning needs.

The Specialised Major in Sports Physiotherapy offers physiotherapists the opportunity to engage in graduate study in the field of sports physiotherapy. It aims to produce a body of graduates with advanced academic and clinical skills in the specialist area of sports physiotherapy that promote a scientific approach to evaluation and practice, and who will foster and develop the specialist role of sports physiotherapy in health care.

The course focuses on the development of clinical knowledge and skills in sports physiotherapy at higher level than the undergraduate course. The educational approach will be that of providing advanced knowledge in physiology, anatomy and biomechanics applicable to sports physiotherapy, as well as enhancing the student's skills in critical evaluation and practical techniques. The clinical component of the course will provide the opportunity for exposure to a range of complex cases enabling application of advanced skills in sports physiotherapy.

This course will also enable physiotherapists to gain credit towards Level 2 membership of the Australian Physiotherapy Association national specialty group, Sports Physiotherapy Australia, and towards the clinical specialisation process of the Australian College of Physiotherapists.

Mode of offer
On-campus / block mode

Duration
Full-time - 1 year
Part-time - 2 years

Course structure and example of a part-time study plan

48 credit points

The award will consist of 8 units of study each valued at 6 credit points. Five units of study will be common to other Master of Health Science (Physiotherapy) specialist majors and 3 units of study will be specific to this major. The 5 core units of study are: Advanced Musculoskeletal Anatomy, Evidence-Based Decision Making, Theoretical Basis of Clinical Practice, Clinical Practice A and Clinical Practice B. The delivery and assessment of Clinical Practice A and B will have a sports physiotherapy focus. There will be 3 specialist academic units of study.

Students may be permitted to seek enrolment in relevant units of study offered by other institutions via inter-institutional agreements.