Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Sports Medicine IV
Course Code
RSP_024
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
12.00
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 sports medicine according to the requirements of sport medicine physicians’ specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge of sports medicine as a multidisciplinary field of medicine. Theoretical and practical knowledge about individual risks and benefits gained from physical activity, individually adjusted physical load, body changes caused by age, physical activity of seniors, load regimes, rehabilitation and physical activity restrictions.
Skills
1.Ability to reasonably select the most suitable examination methods in case of diseases or injuries, assess results of examinations and capacity for work, prepare a treatment plan, set up evacuation procedure of an injured athlete during competition and mass sporting events, awareness on the measures to be taken in emergency situations at the prehospital stage, as well as ability to provide medical care during a sports event.
Competences
1.Competence in solving different clinical cases, their diagnostics, etiopathogenesis, treatment, prevention and care.
Assessment
Individual work
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Theoretical knowledge is acquired in 12 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 of sports medicine and methodology of manipulations and invasive and non-invasive medical technologies 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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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Individual human risks and benefits caused by physical activity
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Individually suitable physical exercise. The estimation of physical working capacity
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Specialized room
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Compositional types of the body, advantages in sports
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Seminar
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On site
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Specialized room
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Changes in the body caused by age. Physical activity for seniors, load regimes, rehabilitation
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Medical care of a sports event. International guidelines for different sports
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Specialized room
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Guidelines of the International Athletics Federation and the legislation in force in the European Union in the organisation of sports events and medical care of participants
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Seminar
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On site
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Specialized room
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Work in a multidisciplinary team under the supervision of a sports doctor, division of responsibility and duties
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Seminar
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On site
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Specialized room
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Procedure for evacuation of an injured athlete in sports competitions and during a mass sports event
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On site
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Specialized room
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Regular precompetition screening
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Means and methods of recovery
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Water, adequate hydration during physical exercise
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Specialized room
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Symptoms of dehydration, effects on athletic performance, consequences. Hyperthermia
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
12.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
12
Length (weeks):
10
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Starptautiskās sporta medicīnas fedrācijas resursi
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Eiropas Sporta medicīnas asociāciju federācijas resursi
3.
Bracker M. D., et al. The 5- minute Sports Medicine consult. 2nd Edition, Wolters &Kluwe/ Lippicott Williams& Wilkins, 2011.
4.
Lyle J., Micheli, M.D. (Editor). Encyclopedia os Sports Medicine. 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams& Wilkins, 2011.