Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, BSc

​​Welcome Week attendance is important as you’ll get to meet the colleagues you’ll be studying with and your teaching team.

​There will be lots of activities to get involved in (freshers fair) and plenty of time sort out any issues you might have with IT account setup, phone set up, etc.

​We will give you a brief overview of the course, your year ahead, dates for your diary, we will chat about your Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) and what you can expect in the form of support from CCCU Health & Wellbeing services, your teaching team and your PAT.

Your Course​​

In semester 1, you have 2 major modules and 3 online micro modules (5 credits each) These micro modules will cover topics that will help you transition into studying here at CCCU and you can do these online at your leisure (but I recommend you get them out of the way quickly so you can focus on your large modules.

​Lower Limb Anatomy, Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Injuries is a 30-credit module, and this is taught by Dr Mat Brown and Colm Gregory. In this module you will learn in bite sized chunks the anatomy of the lower limb, it’s common injuries and from a biomechanical viewpoint, how the limb moves, works and gets injured.

​Soft Tissue Practice (STP) is a 15-credit module taught by Dr Obeng (Laura). In STP you will learn sports massage and a few other soft tissue treatment techniques which you will apply at external events and in our teaching clinic. Attached to this module is your first aid for sport training and once qualified you will gain experience working with our sports teams on sports days.

​Professional practitioner 1 is a module that runs in the background and manages your attendance and engagement with your studies. We have an 80% rule on attendance, and you’ll undertake 24 hours of experiential learning on internal and external events (London Marathon, team first aid, etc.)

​We use a style of teaching called blended learning on all our modules which means we do a little theory, a little simulation learning (learn by practicing injury scenarios) and lots of applied practice, where we get hands on to support or application of skill and knowledge.

Blackboard

​Most of you will be familiar with google Classroom or Microsoft Teams learning environments. We use Teams as our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and a tiny bit of BlackBoard. All our communication comes through Teams Chat and Announcements. All your module documentation, subject notes and learning resources are found on Teams. Teams is your ”one stop shop“ for almost everything!

DBS & Occupational Health Clearance

​As a condition of registration, you are required to undergo a Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) check and Occupational Health Screening. If you haven’t started this process, then follow the link and get started.

Equipment

​Finally, you’re going to need some kit! You don’t need a lot to begin with but follow the attached Padlet Link to our equipment page and get yourself a micro towel and patella hammer for starters.

​​Below, you can find a link to our useful phone app Padlet. We recommend you load these onto your phone before arriving. Log in using your university email - you will have access to your university e-mail once you have been invited to register and created your computing account.

​ Padlet

​It’s also a good idea to look at the case studies on the BASRaT website of Graduate Sports Rehabilitators (GSR’s) in their varied roles. Review the documents below so you understand the role you will be undertaking and the standards and ethical behaviours that will be required of you.

​BASRaT Role Delineation

​BASRaT Standards of Ethical Conduct and Behaviour

​Finally, we recommend you bookmark the Welcome Hub in your browser favourites. It contains all the information you need to help you transition to CCCU seamlessly, but as always, we’re on hand if you need any help, support or signposting.