This diploma program is designed for physicians specialising in the medical management of team sports.
It covers essential topics such as injury prevention, rehabilitation, and data management to enhance athlete performance and recovery.
Participants will gain expertise in handling sport-specific injuries, understanding pathology in team sports, and applying evidence-based strategies to optimise recovery and training adaptations.
The course also addresses practical, day-to-day challenges faced by team sports physicians, including nutrition, workload monitoring, and injury rehabilitation.
By the end of the course, participants will be well-prepared to manage sports injuries, apply best practices in athlete care, and support team performance through effective medical strategies.
Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
Syllabus:
1: Team Sports Physician and Data Management.
2: Injuries and Team Sports.
3: Team Sports Pathology.
4: Inherent Aspect of the Team Sports Physician.
5: Strength and muscle power as a key feature of rehabilitation from sports injuries.
6: A Best Practice Approach to Workload Monitoring.
7: Nutrition, Recovery and Training Adaptations.
8: Daily Situations in Sport.
Learn to:
• Handle and manage data from evaluations and monitoring of performance and team injuries, compared to data from science and training.
• Get to know the fundamental characteristics for both prevention strategies and injury rehabilitation, as well as the different injury mechanisms in team sports.
• Handle pathologies and specific injuries corresponding to each sport.
• Master complementary topics inherent to sports medicine.
• Apply the appropriate methodology to the design of the post-injury rehabilitation process in situations where strength development plays a significant role.
• Analyse workload monitoring data to orientate the training process towards preventing injuries and consequently successfully optimise sports performance.
• Optimise acute recovery and training adaptation with nutrition.
• Acquire specific strategies for resolving specific situations that arise in the athletic environment on a regular basis.
COURSE DETAILS
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.
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of the human body would be beneficial.