Professional Diploma in Team Sports Physician

• Team Sports Physician and Data Management
  • MODULE 1: Role of the team sports physician
  • MODULE 2: Data management and methodology
  • MODULE 3: Sports injuries in other populations
  • MODULE 4: Monitoring workload
• Injuries and Team Sports
  • MODULE 1: Prevention of and readaptation from injuries
  • MODULE 2: Muscle injury and tendinitis management
  • MODULE 3: Management of joint and bone injury
  • MODULE 4: Decision making and returning to competition
• Team Sports Pathology
  • MODULE 1: Management of medical pathology 1
  • MODULE 2: Management of medical pathology 2
  • MODULE 3: Sports Specific pathologies
  • MODULE 4: Special sports and competitions
• Inherent Aspects of the Team Sports Physician
  • MODULE 1: Diagnostics imaging: Ultrasound as the team sports physician´s basic tool
  • MODULE 2: Nutrition and ergogenic aids
  • MODULE 3: The fight against doping
  • MODULE 4: Communication, leadership and group management
• Strength and Muscle Power as a Key Feature of Rehabilitation from Sports Injuries
  • MODULE 1: Analysis of injury in sports: injury mechanisms and associated risk factors
  • MODULE 2: Sports injuries and their relationship with the quality of strength
  • MODULE 3: Strength manifestations and muscle power in the post-injury rehabilitation process
  • MODULE 4: New paradigms in strength training: muscle building through vascular occlusion
• A Best Practice Approach to Workload Monitoring
  • MODULE 1: Introduction to the Monitoring of Training Loads
  • MODULE 2: The Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation Cycle in the Training Process
  • MODULE 3: Internal Load Monitoring Tools and Their Variables
  • MODULE 4: External Load Monitoring Tools and Their Variables
• Nutrition, Recovery, and Training Adaptations
  • MODULE 1: Exercise and fatigue
  • MODULE 2: Recovery and adaptation
  • MODULE 3: Optimising recovery and adaptation
  • MODULE 4: Recovery from injury
• Daily Situations in Sport
  • MODULE 1: Managing Injured Players
  • MODULE 2: Possibilities for a Dual Career
  • MODULE 3: Difficulty Management I
  • MODULE 4: Difficulty Management II

• Manage and analyze data from performance evaluations and injury monitoring, integrating scientific and training insights
• Understand key elements of injury prevention strategies and rehabilitation, focusing on injury mechanisms in team sports
• Handle sport-specific pathologies and injuries effectively
• Master topics specific to sports medicine that complement sports health management
• Apply appropriate methodologies for post-injury rehabilitation emphasizing strength development
• Utilize workload monitoring data to guide injury prevention and optimize performance
• Enhance recovery and training adaptations through targeted nutrition
• Acquire problem-solving strategies for common situations in the sports environment

Duration: 8 months.
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.

Aimed at:
• Physicians.
• High performance team physicians/Team sports medical team.
• Coaches.
• Rehabilitation specialists
• Physical Trainers.
• Physiotherapists.
• Nutritionists.
• Kinesiologists handling management or prevention of injuries for team sports.
• Students / Graduates in Sport Science or Exercise Science.

• Guarantee transparency of the certification process.
• Validates the identity of the certificate holder.
• Accredits the acquisition of specific competencies and skills.

• 24-hour access to study material, from anywhere on any device.
• Accompaniment, monitoring, and virtual support from an expert in the field.
• Activities and assessments with personalised feedback.
• Discussion forums and interaction with colleagues from all over the world.
• Certificate issued by Barca Innovation Hub and endorsed by the corresponding institution.
• Self-assessment to measure your learning progress.

A good understanding of the human body would be beneficial.