Sport Rehabilitation (with integrated foundation year)

This course is designed to give you the industry knowledge, skills and enhanced employment prospects to kickstart your career in sport rehabilitation.
Sport Rehabilitators are registered healthcare professionals specialising in musculoskeletal injury assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You will learn to prevent, examine and treat sports related injuries, while practising in facilities including our rehabilitation clinic, strength and conditioning room, and biomechanics and physiology laboratories. Our tutors are industry professionals who will support you throughout the degree.
Your journey begins with an introductory foundation year, designed to develop your skills, confidence, and core knowledge in a supportive environment. This year helps you build strong academic foundations and practical skills, ensuring you’re fully prepared to progress smoothly into the undergraduate degree.
Beyond the university setting, you will complete at least 400 hours of work experience, with opportunities to work with professional sports teams and in sports rehabilitation clinics, fitness centres, and the NHS. You will also support ultraendurance runners taking part in the annual Brathay 10 in 10 (10 marathons in 10 days) event.
You will enhance your CV by completing a range of courses and qualifications, including Rocktape, Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport, and a Strength and Conditioning Trainer qualification endorsed by the Chartered Institute in the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
Accredited by the industry leading British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT) and in association with the World Federation of Athletic Training and Therapy (WFATT), our course will set you up for success through enhanced national and international employment prospects.

Module Examples

• Essential University Skills

• Contemporary Issues and the Media

• Principles of Human Movement and Function

• Introduction to Sport Psychology

• Introduction to Performance Analysis

• Strength and Conditioning for Performance

• Leadership and Relationships in Sport

• Applied Notational Analysis

• Sport Performance Testing and Prescription

• Applied Conditioning and Performance Analysis

• Practitioner Placement

https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/sport-rehabilitation-with-integrated-foundation-year/

In year one, the mode of assessment introduces you to the type of assessments you will encounter as you progress through your degree. You will undertake a range of assessments including written assignments, reports and essays, oral presentations and poster presentations, portfolios and set exercises such as producing a DVD news report.

In years two to four, assessments within this programme have been designed to reflect the authentic professional requirements of the working practice in Sport Rehabilitation.

Examples of assessment methods include:

• Practical skills assessments
• Professional discussions
• Competency logbooks
• Group/individual presentations
• Online resources
• Case studies
• Reflective reports
• Academic essay
• Assessment reports
• Written exams.
  Learning and Teaching Assessment (LTA) approaches will be continually evaluated and improved by using module evaluations, student feedback, peer review of teaching, and module development sessions. These will ensure an enhanced student learning experience and continuing professional development of the academic team to maintain best-practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment.