ESSC12009 - Sport Injury Prevention and Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to common injuries that occur in sports. You will learn about mechanisms and risk factors of various sports injuries, injury prevention and rehabilitation processes and interventions, and how these apply to different athlete populations and training scenarios. Emphasis is placed on providing an understanding of the aetiology, treatment and prevention, and acute management of common sports injuries. You will also gain practical skills in sports taping techniques, delivery of injury prevention programs, assessing and monitoring injury risk factors, and assessing return to sport. The content of this unit builds on knowledge gained in other units related to anatomy and physiology, functional anatomy, and physical activity, health, and fitness.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: ESSC11001 Physical Activity, Fitness and Health; BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 AND BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 OR BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 AND BMSC 11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

Co-requisite: ESSC13007 Functional Anatomy OR ESSC12010 Functional Anatomy

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Cairns
Mackay City
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 30%
2. Case Study 40%
3. Written Assessment 30%
4. Practical Assessment 0%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 21.05% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students raised concerns that the resources provided for the practical component were unclear.
Recommendation
It is recommended that resources be reviewed prior to the next offering.
Action Taken
These resources will continue to be reviewed with the appointment of a new Unit Coordinator in Term 2, 2024.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students commented that the practical sessions felt rushed and wanted more time to undertake tasks.
Recommendation
The practical component for this unit is currently restricted to two days. As such, it is not possible to provide more time to undertake the tasks. However, it is recommended that pre-laboratory tasks be provided to students to maximise their time during the practical sessions.
Action Taken
This recommendation will be reviewed with the appointment of a new Unit Coordinator in Term 2, 2024.
Source: Have your say survey
Feedback
Feedback for assessment items required further development as it scored 75/100 from student feedback in 2023
Recommendation
It is recommended the new unit coordinator review previous assessment feedback methods and investigate strategies to improve the feedback given to students across the different assessment tasks.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Identify risk factors, mechanisms, and processes associated with sports injuries
  2. Recognise factors that impact different athlete populations and training scenarios as they relate to sports injuries
  3. Summarise current evidence regarding the aetiology, prevention and management of sports injuries
  4. Demonstrate professional practice and ethical behaviour for appropriate prevention and management of sports injuries as expected in exercise and sport science settings.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Case Study • •
3 - Written Assessment • •
4 - Practical Assessment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • • • •
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6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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