SHN4143 - Professional Skills in Sport, Exercise and Health

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will contain some core content for all students (approx. 30 hours) and some programme-specific content (approx. 20 hours).

This module will give you experience and understanding of the requirements of working within the applied Sport, Exercise and Health sector. This will include: an awareness of the sector and typical clients/stakeholders/roles and responsibilities; employment opportunities within the sector; an appreciation of practice in and reflection on undertaking the participant consultation process; understanding the challenges and benefits of working as part of an interdisciplinary team, working empathetically, ethically and with compassion. It will also facilitate you contextualising this information and skills within your focus of study (Programme-specific content).

This module also incorporates the Professional Development Block: employer challenges and optional Level 4 placement.

For Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation students programme specific content (approximately 20 hours) will include working towards a first aid qualification to support future placements. This will be in the form of practical workshops.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Whole cohort

Seminars
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 30 max

Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 30 max

Professional Challenge Project or Work Placement
Hours: 20 (minimum re Professional Challenge) OR 50 (minimum re Work Placement)

Guided independent study
Hours: 230 (with Professional Challenge) OR 200 (with Work Placement)

Further details relating to assessment
Assessment 1 will enable students to build a portfolio of evidence relating to a case study of what is required for employment in their chosen programme-related careers. The portfolio will be split into a range of activities, including (as examples only): data collection utilising a range of skills such as load monitoring, food diaries, notational analysis, presentation of data collected in a suitable manner and integrated assessment of working as a multidisciplinary team.

For BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation programme only there will a pass or fail component as part of the case study assessment as part of the requirements of the Society of Sports Therapists. This will require the students to undertake a First Aid Course, and completion of this course will pass this element of the portfolio.

The integrated assessment will require students to present reflections on ways in which content from the programme has helped them understand the diverse needs of participants (relevant to their pathway) and how an interdisciplinary approach to supporting participants is ethically and practically beneficial.

This module will culminate in a two-week Professional Challenge Project or a two-week work placement. Students will have the chance to opt for which path they want to take during the course of the module. Guidance regarding the options will be included in the Module Handbook and supported by briefings at the beginning of Semester 2.

A pass in the Professional Challenge Project will be achieved through participation in key tasks throughout the project. A pass in the work placement will be based on employer feedback. During the Professional Challenge Project or Placement, students will complete a Reflective Statement outlining their learning from the project/placement and this will form assessment component 003.

PSRB requirements mean some portfolio components will need to be passed. For example:

BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: Assessment 001 will include First Aid Practical assessment which must be passed.

Component 002 will need to be passed by all students in line with University regulations.

Assessment:

001 Skills audit and reflection; 1,000 words; mid semester 2 10%
002 Portfolio (incl. integrated assessment); 4,000 word equivalent; end of semester 2 intergrated assessment block 80%
003 Professional challenge project or work placement; 20 hours min; end of semester 2 professional development block %
004 Reflective statement; 1,500 words; end of semester 2 professional development block 10%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Danielle Davis
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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