Sports Medicine Theory Course (Asynchronous E-learning)

The SMTC involves the following:

 Six online lecture modules with twenty-four lecture topics.

 The participant will need to take a self-administered open-book

quiz at the end of each topic before progressing to the next.

 There are no exams or practical components in the programme.

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon

successfully completing the six modules.



SMTC5001 Principles of Sports and Exercise Medicine

1.1 Cardiorespiratory response to exercise

1.2 The effects of exercise on the musculoskeletal system

1.3 Biomechanics of walking, running, swimming, throwing and

racquet sports

1.4 Principles of Injury prevention and rehabilitation



SMTC5002 Sports Injuries I

2.1 Fundamentals of sports medicine (pathophysiology, diagnosis,

investigation)

2.2 The foot, ankle and leg

2.3 The knee

2.4 The hip, groin and pelvis



SMTC5003 Sports Injuries II

3.1 The lumbar spine

3.2 The shoulder

3.3 The elbow, wrist and hand

3.4 The cervical spine and concussion in sports



SMTC5004 Medical Considerations in Sports and Exercise

4.1 Risks and benefits of physical activity and exercise

4.2 Pre-participation screening

4.3a Clinical Exercise Testing and Cardiovascular Screening Tests

4.3b Exercise-Induced Asthma: What? Where? How?

4.4 Exercise Prescription for Health and Common Chronic Disease



SMTC5005 Exercise in Special Populations

5.1a Injuries in the child and adolescent athlete

5.1b Exercise in the elderly

5.2 Exercise in the female athlete and pregnancy

5.3 Exercise in people with disability

5.4 Injuries in the military population



SMTC5006 Thermal Stress, Drug Use in Sports, Sports Nutrition and Event Medical Cover

6.1 Exercise in extreme environments and thermal injuries

6.2 Doping in sports and the WADA code

6.3 Principles of sports nutrition

6.4 Travelling with a team and event medical cover

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