Sports and Exercise Medicine, MMedSci

About Sports and Exercise Medicine, MMedSci - at University College Cork (UCC)

Overview

The course is intended to provide a recognised training module for qualified medical practitioners in this vital area of public and medical interest. The learning objectives include:-

• increasing the practitioner's knowledge and understanding in a wide range of topics associated with sport and exercise medicine.
• providing opportunities for clinical practice, and engaging the practitioners in lectures and discussion groups.

Course Details

Students take 90 credits as follows:

SX6001 Sports Injuries I: Clinical (20 credits)
SX6002 Exercise, General Health and Sports Medicine (20 credits)
SX6003 Sport and Exercise Medicine: Scientific Principles (20 credits)
SX6004 Research Project (30 credits)

Further details on the content and modules are available on the Postgraduate College Calendar

Fitness to Practise

Commencing with the 2013/2014 intake, this programme will be subject to the University's Fitness to Practise Policy - full details may be found here

Fact File

Course Code: CKX02 Part-time

Course Title: Sports and Exercise Medicine

College: Medicine and Health

Duration: 2 years Part-time

Teaching Mode: Part-Time

2 years part-time, taught on Fridays and Saturdays

Qualifications: MMedSc

NFQ Level: Level 9

Costs: 2017/2018 Irish/EU EUR 5,000 per academic year

2017 Entry Requirements: Medical qualification of the NUI or an equivalent institution, and full registration as a doctor with the Irish Medical Councilor a Physiotherapy honours degree with a minimum 2.1, membership of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and experience of sports service provision. See Detailed Entry Requirements.

Closing Date: See details in application procedure section below

Next Intake: October 2017

Assessment

Please contact the coordinator for further details.

Application Procedure

Application for this programme is on-line atwww.pac.ie/ucc. For full details of the application procedure click How to apply.

Please note that you will be asked to fill in a supplementary information form as part of the applications process for this programme. This form is available to view hereSupplementaryFormCKX02 (50kB) (50kB)

All required documentation must be either uploaded to your application or sent in hard copy to The Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1, Courthouse Square, Galway

Further Contact Information

Dr. Éanna Falvey
School of Medicine
T: +353 (0)21 490 1575
E: eanna.falvey@ucc.ie

Notes about fees for this course

Costs: 2017/2018 Irish/EU EUR 5,000 per academic year

2017 Entry Requirements: Medical qualification of the NUI or an equivalent institution, and full registration as a doctor with the Irish Medical Councilor a Physiotherapy honours degree with a minimum 2.1, membership of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and experience of sports service provision. See Detailed Entry Requirements.

Closing Date: See details in application procedure section below

Next Intake: October 2017

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University College Cork (UCC) to find course entry requirements.

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