Rehabilitation Research Methods
20 credits
Rehabilitation Research Methods
This module will build upon students’ previous experience of research methods to develop their critical review of a variety of evidence within the rehabilitative field of healthcare. Students will be exposed to a range of different research paradigms, methodological approaches, and forms of analysis to enable them to critically evaluate evidence to inform further research and professional practises.
The philosophy of scientific inquiry, principles of research design, and application of statistical techniques will be discussed with special consideration given to research studies in healthcare and rehabilitation. Integrated into this course will be an orientation to consider issues of equity, reflexivity and ethics that may inform rehabilitation research and rehabilitation care provision.
Rehabilitation Research Project
60 credits
In this module, you’ll design, develop and implement your own research with supervision from a researcher within our team.
It’s a key part of your course that allows you to explore an exciting area of research, such as:
- rehabilitation
- sports injury rehabilitation
- neurorehabilitation
- exercise remedial instruction
Carrying out a research project to this scale gives a valuable insight into the world of rehabilitation research while allowing you to put your skills and knowledge into practice.
Contemporary Topics in Rehabilitation
20 credits
This module will develop your baseline knowledge and understanding of a wide range of topics within rehabilitation.
Examples of topics we might cover include:
- telerehabilitation
- concussion
- ethical and legal issues in rehabilitation practice
- virtual reality
- exercise prescription
- rehabilitation psychology
- living with a disability
Throughout the module, you will critically analyse the research and theories that feed these topics.
Sporting Injuries and Functional Performance
20 credits
In this module, you will gain an understanding of sports specific biomechanics relating to key movements, analysing the functional and biomechanical demands of a sport and how these inform sporting injuries. By analysing the functional and biomechanical demands of a sport, alongside movement faults and patterns, you will gain insights on the common injuries that occur in different sports settings. You will be exposed to technologies, tools and equipment used to objectively measure and analyse sports performance and gain the knowledge, skills, and dexterity in the clinical assessment and diagnosis of sporting injuries.
You will also be provided with an approach towards conducting an assessment of sporting injuries in a region-specific pattern, developing a progressively phased rehabilitation in the management of sporting injuries.
Sports Placements and Applied Practice 1
30 credits
This module will develop your experience and build your confidence in working within a sport's multidisciplinary healthcare team. You'll undergo a placement which will help you understand your duty of care to an athlete in the sports setting, and gain skills in the management of sporting injuries at various stages, ranging from pitch side care to long-term injury recovery and return to sports.
You will also undertake a sports trauma course that will contribute to developing your competence in rendering pitch side care. This would include the management of conditions such as concussions, cardiovascular resuscitation, airway management, C-spine and common injuries that occur in sports.
Sports Placements and Applied Practice 2
30 credits
This module builds on learnings form the the Sports Placement and Applied Practice 1 module. Working among a wider multidisciplinary healthcare team, you will gain the knowledge, skills, competence and confidence in the management of sports injuries and conditions seen on the pitch side and in clinical practice.
Sports Placements and Applied Practice 3
This module takes place in the summer and builds on the skills learned from the autumn and spring semester Sports Placement and Applied Practice modules. You will critically reflect on your sports pitch side care experience and clinical practice and and be supported to produce a personal and professional development plan. Building on your previous learnings, you will reflect on areas of personal strengths and weaknesses, allowing you to create a plan which can be used as a tool for your career planning and development.