Unit Outline

Extreme sports have increased in popularity over the last few years and are practised by many people, often in remote and extreme environment settings. This unit takes a multi-disciplinary approach and looks at training, prevention, engineering and safety equipment, management of the injured extreme athlete and medical event coverage. This unit broadens your medical horizons to include BASE jumping, paragliding, mountaineering, extreme skiing, and ultra-endurance running.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Describe and apply concepts in screening, injury prevention and performance optimisation of the extreme athlete;
2	Describe and apply an approach to the assessment, management and rehabilitation of the injured extreme sports athlete;
3	Describe and apply the principles of performance psychology and nutrition to the extreme athlete;
4	Evaluate the impact and risks of current technological and engineering solutions in extreme sports,
5	Critically analyse the requirements of, and synthesise solutions for, the medical coverage of an extreme sports event.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CAM619

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Equipment and Engineering Written Assessment	Week 4	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Extreme Sports Medicine Event Coverage Plan Part 2	Week 8	10 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Extreme Sports Medicine Event Coverage Plan Part A	Week 8	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	Risk Analysis and Human Factors in Extreme Sports Medicine	Week 12	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
Assessment Task 5:	Reflections Diary on Extreme Sports Medicine Camp Teaching Sessions	Week 14	10 %	LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Equipment and Engineering Written Assessment

Task Description:

Select one item of protective equipment from an extreme sport of your choice and undertake a literature search to evaluate its effectiveness. Write a balanced, informative and engaging article for a medical audience (colleagues in nursing, medicine or paramedicine) who are not experts in extreme sports, summarising your literature review. You may consider targeting a specific journal, publication or website for your review (such as Adventure Medic), with the aim of submitting for possible publication.
The chosen sport must be different for each assessment task.

Task Length:

2000 words, not including reference list

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Balanced, informative and engaging article for a non-specialist medical audience	LO1, LO2, LO4
2	Demonstrate quality of writing - use of logical structure for plan, flow of ideas, spelling and grammar	LO1, LO2, LO4

Assessment Task 2: Extreme Sports Medicine Event Coverage Plan Part 2

Task Description:

Part B (max 750 words, 10%) write a lay language blog post providing advice to athletes who are planning on competing in the event you are providing medical coverage for.
Your post should be focussed on a single aspect of preparation or targeting the prevention of a specific race day medical issue.
Relevance to the real world of ESM: many events have dedicated websites and use these to communicate to competitors. This is an opportunity to practice prevention through effective competitor communication about preparation.

Task Length:

750 Words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate quality of writing - use of logical structure for plan, flow of ideas, spelling and grammar	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
2	Blog post	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5

Assessment Task 3: Extreme Sports Medicine Event Coverage Plan Part A

Task Description:

Part A (2,000 words, 30%) Choose an extreme sports event from amongst the sports considered in this unit and develop a plan for medical coverage of this event under the headings of sport, athletes, environment, event coverage service providers, supplies required, likely injuries, immediate management of incidents and evacuation.
Relevance to the real world of ESM: your assignment should be a plan for how you would implement medical coverage to your chosen event. It should be targeted to the event organiser and those that will work with you in the medical support team. Diagrams, maps, flow charts and protocols that help you answer the question effectively can be included.
The chosen sport must be different for each assessment task.

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate quality of writing - use of logical structure for plan, uses supporting diagrams, tables and other visual aids to enhance readability and communication.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
2	Considerations for medical coverage: sport, athletes, environment, event coverage service providers, supplies required, likely injuries, immediate management of incidents and evacuation	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
3	Event coverage plan	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5

Assessment Task 4: Risk Analysis and Human Factors in Extreme Sports Medicine

Task Description:

Choose an incident or accident from an extreme sports event or involving an extreme sports athlete. Use the Haddon Matrix to analyse the event and then propose ways to mitigate the risks identified with the aim of preventing future recurrences of this type of event.
Your assessment can be presented in table form using the 3 x 3 or 3 x 4 Haddon Matrix. This table should then be extended to include a risk mitigation column or discussion section where you will research the literature and present clear evidence-based recommendations for intervention strategies or counter measures for the prevention of similar incidents.
It is essential that you provide a summary of, and a link or reference to, your incident so that we can assess your analysis.
Relevance to the real world of ESM: The learning outcome of this assessment is to be able to proactively identify risk behaviours and heuristic thinking patterns that can lead to adverse outcomes before they happen. This might be in an individual one on one consultation or being able to analyse risks for an event with the organising company.

The chosen sport must be different for each assessment task.

Task Length:

2000 Words

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Haddon matrix, 3 x 3 or 2 x 4 assessment	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
2	Literature search on modifiable risk factors	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5
3	Recommendations and counter measures for the prevention of future incidents	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5

Assessment Task 5: Reflections Diary on Extreme Sports Medicine Camp Teaching Sessions

Task Description:

During the camp you will be required to consider and document a short reflection on how each of four specific sessions have or will impact on your practice of Extreme Sports Medicine.
Session 1: Equipment & engineering
Session 2: Training and coaching for climbing
Session 3: Assessment of ACL injured knee and return to sport planning
Session 4: Breath hold workshop

Task Length:

1000 Words

Due Date:

Week 14

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.