Master of Clinical Science - Sports and Exercise Medicine

Master of Clinical Science - Sports and Exercise Medicine prepares physiotherapists and physicians in the pillars of advanced practice to deliver advanced clinical care in sport injury and exercise medicine environments. Build students profile as leader, communicator, collaborator, health advocate,scholar and professional while developing sport and exercise medicine expertise.

Through a combination of in-person and remote learning, students will develop clinical skills, research capacity, and depth of knowledge to assess, evaluate and manage the rehabilitation of elite athletes and the wider population. Students will learn from a team of multidisciplinary experts who work, teach and conduct research in sport and exercise medicine as part of their daily practice.

Upon successfully completing the program, students should have the ability to:

• Critically analyze and integrate the principles underpinning sport and exercise medicine to inform interventions that optimize activity/performance for persons/athletes • Develop iterative self-reflection skills and continued life-long learning • Develop communication strategies that foster therapeutic alliance and shared decision-making with the person/athlete

• Communicate and apply ethical principles and practices in patient care and research activities

• Develop research skills enabling active participation and competency in clinical research

• Synthesize knowledge, skills and attributes to demonstrate advanced practice in sport and exercise medicine

• Implement and justify evidence-informed management and rehabilitation interventions to optimize activity/performance

• Evaluate clinical history and examination findings to inform individualized athlete/client-centred acute emergency management/triage, management and rehabilitation within a biopsychosocial and interdisciplinary framework