Curriculum
Sports injuries and their prevention and treatment are the cornerstone of the programme.
Course Details
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of sports injuries – their causes, mechanisms, assessments and treatments with specific emphasis on recent advances in diagnosis and management skills. Focus will be placed on sports injuries of upper and lower limb.
This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of physiological, psychological and biomechanical theories and practice techniques applied to enhance sports performance. Topics include the study of contemporary issues in sports medicine and health science, principles of sports injury prevention and rehabilitation.
This course aims to provide an introduction of theoretical principles and practical techniques related to the application of sport sciences. It focuses on the factors that affect participation and performance in sport and exercise. Topics include exercise physiology and metabolism, sports nutrition and exercise training principles.
The course aims to demonstrate significant depth of knowledge of the medical aspects of sports medicine. It focuses on the identification and treatment of medical conditions of the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, endocrine system, urinary, and integumentary system associated with the physically active individual and athletes. Emphasis will be given on what role the team physician has in the assessment and treatment of these conditions.
This subject aims to give students a comprehensive understanding of the applications of sports medicine from different disciplines in athletes, recreational sportsmen and the general population. It will focus on the multidisciplinary approach that allows sportsmen to recover from injuries and various health conditions. Topics include medical care of the sporting team (team physiotherapist and team physician perspective), personal development of athletes, drug and antidoping and therapeutic exercise.
This course is designed to provide comprehensive knowledge and practical skills that will enable the students to apply sports medicine training to the assessment, treatment and management of emergent and urgent sports injuries. Emergent sports medicine management skills, emergency procedures, and advanced assessment skills, care and management of the specific injuries including head, spine, thoracic, and musculo-skeletal injuries are covered.
Students will have the chances to attend academic scientific conferences / educational courses throughout their study period. Furthermore, students will be able to undertake a 3-hr clinical attachment, under the supervision of experienced doctors with expertise in sports medicine, in sports injury clinic.
* Target students: Only students who are medical western doctors and registered physiotherapists are eligible to apply for this elective.
Notes:
1) Full-time students are not eligible to apply for this elective.
Students are required to learn and practise the on-field medical treatment in the sport field. The module consists of lectures, practical workshop and on-field training in mega sports events or local sports competitions. At the end of the module, students are required to submit a report about their on-field training experience.
* Target students: Students with coaching or sport-related background; they shall have professional qualification(s) or outstanding performance in the field of sport.
Students are required to learn and practice the most advanced scientific way to train elite athletes for the best strength and conditioning. Every student must pass an interview, a medical test and a fitness test before joining this module. Students will have lectures at Prince of Wales Hospital and practical lessons at Hong Kong Sports Institute. At the end of the module, students have to make use of the knowledge gained to design a training plan and coach an athlete for 10 weeks. During the 10-week training programme, the student has to evaluate the performance of the athlete, and write up progression reports of the athlete’s achievement.
* Target student: Students who are interested in scientific research; or wish to embark on an academic career.
Students are required to conduct an independent research project / a systematic review or a meta-analysis on a specific topic related to sports medicine and health science. The module instructor and the project supervisors will guide the students to utilize the literature search engine to conduct a scientific systematical search, to quantitatively evaluate the quality of the paper to determine inclusion. If it is a research project, students will further formulate the research question, and then design the method and conduct sample size estimation. After collecting the data, students are required to perform statistical analysis, interpret the summarized data, and discuss the findings and values of the paper. Students have to present the topic and methodology in a research seminar in the first semester, and present the data and interpretation in the second semester. Students are required to write up a paper which is publishable as journal articles.
* Target students: Students with medical or non-medical background; specifically those who are enthusiastic in athlete healthcare and injury management.
* Note:
1) Full-time students are not eligible to apply for this elective.
2) Physiotherapists & medical doctors are not eligible to apply for this elective
This course aims to introduce students of the scientific knowledge and skills to provide prevention, acute care, and re-conditioning of sports injury. The module consists of lectures, workshops and practicum. During the practicum period, students will take the role as bridging between coaches, players, and health care professionals in sports team and to assist coaches in training which related to injury prevention training, immediate managing injured players and preparing players for competition. At the end of the module, it is required to submit a written report and prepare a presentation for evaluating their learning experiences during the practicum period.