Course summary
Sport Rehabilitators have a strong focus on clinical assessment, biomechanics, exercise rehabilitation and returning patients to high levels of function. You will also learn how to optimise health and physical performance across the lifespan for a variety of population groups and help in changing people’s lives. Clinical experience is an essential and enjoyable part of being a healthcare professional, during the programme you will undertake a minimum of 400 hours of clinical practice across a variety of settings, all supervised by a registered healthcare or medical professional. To support this transition to clinical work, you will do a lot of applied practice in small group practical sessions. The programme is accredited by the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT). Throughout the course, you will:
- Learn to assess and enhance health and function in individuals with injury, illness, and disease, positively impacting public and athlete health through lifestyle, exercise, and physical activity.
- Be taught by industry experts who emphasise practical skills and small group sessions, supported by fundamental scientific principles.
- Graduate with the expertise to diagnose and treat injuries, pain, and musculoskeletal conditions, and to prescribe exercise for a range of special populations.
- Gain experience in diverse settings during placements, including hospitals with orthopaedic consultants, GP practices, the Ministry of Defence, private sports rehabilitation and physiotherapy clinics, and practices associated with dance schools.
Modules
Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation Multidisciplinary Approaches in Sport Rehabilitation Athletic Training and Conditioning Sport Rehabilitation Practice Research Enquiry in Sport Rehabilitation Sport Rehabilitation Project
Assessment method
Exams - theory - 8% Exams - practical work and clinical assessments - 25% Essays and projects - 42% Presentations - 25%
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- British Association of Sport Rehabilitators
Entry requirements
2:1 in any sports or health-related degrees, or other degree with additional qualifications/ accreditation/ certifications relating to the programme. 2:2 in sports or health-related degree with additional qualifications/ accreditation/ certifications related to the programme. Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL): We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully. The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course. Two forms of APL may be used for entry: the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) or the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL). APEL: Sports injury practitioners with lower formal academic qualification will be assessed on suitability to enroll on this programme based on experience and vocational qualifications and via interview.
English language requirements
International applicants will be required to show proficiency in English. An IELTS score of 6.0 (with no element below 5.5) is proof of this. If you need to improve your written and spoken English, you might be interested in our English language courses.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Salford
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT