Program start date | Application deadline |
2023-09-23 | 2023-07-04 |
2024-01-23 | - |
Program Overview
Gain primary and specialist sport and exercise medicine skills. This specialist academic and clinical online master's course is exclusively for doctors.
This specialist master's course will help you to develop the in-depth knowledge and clinical skills you need to work in the field of sport and exercise medicine.
You may be managing recreational and elite athletes already or be looking to deepen your knowledge of musculoskeletal injuries, so that you can better assess, treat and advise your patients in your practice.
We are one of just a few universities offering this type of course part-time through distance learning. You will have the convenience of being able to complete your studies while remaining in clinical practice.
By taking part, you will benefit from:
This is a recognised qualification for indemnity insurance. Many jobs as a team doctor require this type of qualification.
Informed teaching to advance your learning
You can look forward to working with our highly experienced sports medicine team, who between them have worked with an impressive range of clients. Our team have worked at a number of high profile sporting events, including the:
Graduate prospects
By the end of the course, you will be qualified to work with athletes and sports teams at the highest level. You will also be better equipped to assess, treat and advise patients in relation to musculoskeletal injuries, and to advise patients about the health benefits of exercise more generally.
Gain primary and specialist sport and exercise medicine skills. This specialist academic and clinical online master's course is exclusively for doctors.
This specialist master's course will help you to develop the in-depth knowledge and clinical skills you need to work in the field of sport and exercise medicine.
You may be managing recreational and elite athletes already or be looking to deepen your knowledge of musculoskeletal injuries, so that you can better assess, treat and advise your patients in your practice.
We are one of just a few universities offering this type of course part-time through distance learning. You will have the convenience of being able to complete your studies while remaining in clinical practice.
By taking part, you will benefit from:
This is a recognised qualification for indemnity insurance. Many jobs as a team doctor require this type of qualification.
Informed teaching to advance your learning
You can look forward to working with our highly experienced sports medicine team, who between them have worked with an impressive range of clients. Our team have worked at a number of high profile sporting events, including the:
Graduate prospects
By the end of the course, you will be qualified to work with athletes and sports teams at the highest level. You will also be better equipped to assess, treat and advise patients in relation to musculoskeletal injuries, and to advise patients about the health benefits of exercise more generally.
Program Outline
Course structure
This course lasts 2 to 4 years. It starts in September 2023 and ends in 2025. Your course end date may vary depending on how many units you complete in each year.
Occasionally we make changes to our programmes in response to, for example, feedback from students, developments in research and the field of studies, and the requirements of accrediting bodies. You will be advised of any significant changes to the advertised programme, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions.
Units
Residential events
As part of this course, there are some optional and compulsory residential events. View budgeting information for residential events.
Induction
An online induction will take place on
21 and 22 September 2023
.Year 1 Sports Science Residential Week
Attendance at the
January 2024 (exact date to be confirmed)
residential week is optional.Year 2 Clinical Residential Week
Attendance at the
January 2025 (exact date to be confirmed)
residential week is compulsory.Year 2 Exam revision day
Attendance at the
June 2025 (exact date to be confirmed)
Exam Revision Day is optional.Year 2 Clinical examination (OSCE) day
Attendance at the
September 2025 (exact date to be confirmed)
OSCE exam is compulsory.Compulsory course units
These compulsory units are currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new units.
Year 1
Year 2
Learning and assessment
Learning
Assessment
Recognition of professional qualifications
As well as being recognised as a higher academic qualification, a number of our degrees are also accredited by professional bodies in the United Kingdom. An accredited degree may entitle you to work in a specific profession within the UK, and abroad (where there are reciprocating arrangements with professional bodies in other countries).
The requirements to practise a profession vary from country to country. If you wish to practise your profession outside the United Kingdom, you are advised to confirm that the UK professional qualification you seek is valid in the country in which you are intending to work.