Master of Science - Sports Physiotherapy Studies

This course develops students' knowledge, skills and research capacity to become a physiotherapist who works with athletes and sports teams. Students will be challenged to develop strategies to optimize athletes’ health and wellbeing, minimizing time lost to injury and maximizing performance in training and competition.

Students develop their critical thinking and enquiry skills, enabling them to make innovative injury management plans in the context of a sporting environment.

The curriculum has been developed using the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy competencies and with engagement from clinicians working within professional sporting environments. Students will be taught by academic staff with clinical experience of working with athletic populations and external clinicians with experience of working with professional athletes from multi sports will form a key element of the teaching team. The course has been designed to be based upon evidence-based principles which will be used within a robust clinical reasoning framework to allow graduates to develop their skills to apply appropriate injury management and performance enhancement to the sporting individual.