Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine

The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is a course designed to help passionate, qualified practitioners working with athletes of all ages and abilities to extend their practice in sports and exercise medicine.

Linking theory and practice, this course explores sport and exercise medicine in diverse contexts including:

• Athlete physiology, biomechanics & performance
• Sports injury prevention, diagnosis & management
• Athlete case management.

As a student of this course you’ll have access to a network of internationally recognised experts and clinicians working with elite sports teams and institutions. You’ll also have the opportunity to appraise authentic expert consultations of real clinical cases.

This course is offered part-time and full-time, providing the flexibility to plan your study around other commitments.

Who the course is for

The course has been designed for doctors, physiotherapists and podiatrists with a minimum of three years sports medicine relevant clinical experience. The course structure allows you to tailor your subject choices to design a program that suits your professional needs and career goals.

International students are welcome to study this course. However, please note that this course is not available to international students who require a student visa to study in Australia as it does not meet the onshore study requirements and it is not registered with CRICOS.

Course aims

This course is designed to produce excellence in best practice sports medicine.

As part of this course, you will design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to advancement of practice in diverse sports, health and exercise contexts. You’ll further develop your practice in injury management, rehabilitation and training interventions for athletes of all ages and abilities. You’ll also learn about athlete management aiming to optimise function, enhance sports performance and encourage safe physical activity and exercise participation in different sporting and population contexts.

Pathways

The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine is part of a nested suite of courses, designed for versatility. You may also be interested in the following related courses:

• Master of Sports Medicine
• Graduate Certificate in Sports Medicine.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  7.0

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  with written 7.0 and no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  94+

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  with writing 27; speaking 24; reading 24; listening 24

  PEARSON

  72+

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  with written communicative skill of 75 and no other communicative skill below 72

  CAMBRIDGE

  185+

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  with no less than 185 in writing and no less than 169 in each other skill

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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