卡迪夫大学

Overview

Our Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy programme is designed in collaboration with the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) and international organisations such as the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapists (IFSP). Our established programme is suited to qualified physiotherapists, from across the UK and internationally working in a wide variety of sectors that involve managing people with sport or exercise related injuries. A minimum of two years physiotherapy clinical experience is required, whether this be experience in a high-performance sport level or in a physiotherapy clinic. It gives you the chance to take your learning to the next level, enhancing your skills and knowledge in order to challenge and critically evaluate your own professional practice and the wider areas of sport physiotherapy such as service improvement and patient care. This will help inform the way you practice safely and effectively and help you to inform sport and exercise physiotherapy healthcare in your country.

Course structure

The MSc Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy programme is modular, with five core taught modules and a dissertation. The dissertation module (60 credits) then leads to an MSc (180 credits total).

Learning and assessment

All content will be supported by online material through the Virtual Learning Environment, Learning Central to facilitate self-study, which is particularly useful for you if you’re living and working away from Cardiff. Self-study contributes to approximately 75% of the notional learning hours. You will be assessed through a variety of written assignments and an oral presentation.

Career prospects

Our course is designed to help you develop towards Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise (ACPSM) Gold standard level, using competencies defined by International Federation of Sports Physiotherapists (IFSPT). The knowledge, skills and behaviours you will develop during your MSc will provide the ideal foundation on which to build your career in sports and exercise physiotherapy.