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    Overview

    The recognition and management of specific issues relating to the physically active female, including active leisure to high performance sport.

    This paper will provide a framework for healthcare professionals and will address coaching and general mentorship roles. It will stimulate thought on a number of issues to complement other papers available from the schedule of postgraduate options. This paper could well be named "the active woman" because it will not necessarily focus solely on the female athlete. Rather it will address a number of contemporary issues that relate to all women who have an interest in the active lifestyle.

    About this paper

    Paper title Women in Sport: Health Issues
    Subject Sports Medicine
    EFTS 0.25
    Points 30 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $3,103.25
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    MHealSc, PGCertPHC, PGDipPHC, PGDipSEM, PGDipPhty, MPhty, PGDipHealSc
    Eligibility
    Entry to the Postgraduate Diploma is by application (ie not open), and you must apply online with supporting documentation through eVision.

    Criteria are:
    • Applicant has a bachelor's degree - preferably in Medicine, Physiotherapy, Physical Education, Human Nutrition, Pharmacy or Sciences
    • Applicant is, or has been, working in a related field
    • Applicant has the ability to study at postgraduate level
    International students must meet the University of Otago's admissions criteria.
    Contact

    Academic Co-ordinator: Dr Hamish Osborne hamish.osborne@otago.ac.nz

    Postgraduate Administrator: postgradadmin.medicine@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff
    Dr Hamish Osborne and guest lecturers
    Teaching Arrangements

    This Distance Learning paper is taught remotely.

    This distance learning programme delivered by web conference in the evenings so that students can work and still study.

    Learning materials will be shared on Moodle.

    Textbooks
    Brukner and Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine 4th Ed. Australia: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Teamwork.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes
    The aims of SPME 709 are to provide students with knowledge of:
    1. Some common clinical conditions and their association with women who participate in sport and physical activities
    2. The historical overview of women in sport, including attitudes to gender verification and participation in body contact sports like boxing and rugby football
    3. The shared professional responsibility of healthcare workers in areas of eating disorder and menstrual dysfunction
    4. Clinical problems of later life, including the relationship between exercise and pregnancy, menopause and bone health

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Other
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