Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Sports Medicine I
Course Code
RSP_006
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
16.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sandra Rozenštoka
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Sport Medicine Doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Sandra Rozenštoka
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of sports medicine according to the requirements of sport medicine physicians’ specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge of the basic issues of sports medicine on the types of physical load, trainings and competition regime planning principles, physical abilities, preventive medical examinations of athletes, requirements for medical and pedagogical observations and hygiene requirements for sports facilities and halls.
Skills
1.Ability to assess physical activity of a patient, physical abilities in children and adults and recommend the most suitable sports and protective equipment to a patient, possibilities to examine, assess and prepare a treatment plan for patients of different clinical fields, to select, use and interpret the obtained data reasonably by applying different examination and functional assessment methods used in internal medicine and sports medicine and ability to apply general intensive therapy principles.
Competences
1.Competence in solving different clinical cases, their diagnostics, etiopathogenesis, treatment, prevention and care.
Assessment
Individual work
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To improve theoretical knowledge and practical skills in patient assessment and control, application of medical technologies, diagnostics and medical manipulations in sports medicine under supervision of qualified specialists. Theoretical knowledge is acquired in 7 seminars and individual literature studies. During practical classes students control patients under the supervision of a physician eligible to provide such training, participate in examination and treatment of a patient by mastering patient examination, as well as diagnostics and medical manipulations. A medical resident acquires different diagnostic methods and manipulations to be made in the field of sports medicine which are also applied in sports medicine physician’s practice.
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Examination
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At the end of the study course the head of the residency programme evaluates the acquired theoretical knowledge in written and oral form. The written test shall be assessed according to the 10-point grading system.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Types of physical activity, their effect on the human body.
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Specialized room
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The estimation of physical activity.
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Specialized room
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Principles of training and competition mode planning (macrocycles, mesocycles, microcycles), its correction methods.
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Seminar
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Physical abilities, their assessment possibilities. Sensitive periods for the development of physical abilities.
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Preventive medical examinations of athletes, their types. Specifics of questioning the history of sports. Permission to engage in strenuous physical activity and participate in sports competitions.
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Medical pedagogical estimation, its principles.
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Hygiene requirements for sports buildings and halls. Sports and protective equipment, clothing and footwear.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
16.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
7
Length (weeks):
12
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Xiao J. Physical Exercise for Human Health. 2020.
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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. 2020.
3.
Balyi I., Way R., Higgs C. Long-Term Athlete Development. 2013.
4.
Bracker M. D. et al. The 5- minute Sports Medicine consult. 2nd Edition, Wolters &Kluwe/ Lippicott Williams& Wilkins, 2011.
5.
Lyle J., Micheli, M.D., Editor. Encyclopedia os Sports Medicine. 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams& Wilkins, 2011.
Additional Reading
1.
Brēmanis E. Sporta fizioloģija. Zvaigzne, 1991.
2.
Mackenzie B., CordoraG. Power, Speed, Endurance. Printed in the USA, 2012.