Description

Sports practice has reached enormous levels of participation in Europe. There are more and more participants in sports events, especially in the so-called popular ones, and many of them set performance improvement goals.

That sport must be done in safe conditions is a principle that does not allow discussion and we must aim to minimize the negative consequences of sports practice, from the most well-known and common, such as injuries to the musculoskeletal system, to the most serious incidents, like sudden death.

Medical examination is the first strategy to prevent most of the undesirable effects of sports practice, including sudden death, but it must be carried out for specific purposes, with appropriate content and by professionals perfectly prepared to carry them out, to interpret them, to certify them and to establish contraindications for sports practice.

The objective of the BASIC COURSE OF PREPARTICIPATION SCREENING OF ATHLETES is to provide the student with specific knowledge about the types of examinations, the sections they must contain, paying special attention to the strategies for preventing sudden death, in addition to teaching the models of certificates and reports that must be made and contraindications for practicing sports taught.

The BASIC COURSE OF PREPARTICIPATION SCREENING OF ATHLETES consists of 20 topics, with specific contents treated in a solid and rigorous way that is presented in computer documents.

Course Design

Course "on-line" consisting of 20 topics. The topics come from the teaching materials described in their corresponding section.

Each of the twenty topics has an evaluation consisting of a syllabus of ten questions for each topic, with four answer options, only one of them being correct.

There are three possibilities to pass each of the course topics.

There is a tutoring system through which the student can consult, by email, with the corresponding tutor.

Course Design

Course "on-line" consisting of 20 topics. The topics come from the teaching materials described in their corresponding section.

Each of the twenty topics has an evaluation consisting of a syllabus of ten questions for each topic, with four answer options, only one of them being correct.

There are three possibilities to pass each of the course topics.

There is a tutoring system through which the student can consult, by email, with the corresponding tutor.

Course Design

• Item 1. Functional anatomy of the musculoskeletal system.
• Item 2. Principles of sports physiology.
• Item 3. Types of sports. Features and peculiarities.
• Item 4. Competition and its meaning. Types and characteristics.
• Item 5. Definition, types and objectives of medical examinations.
• Item 6. Legal aspects.
• Item 7. Anamnesis.
• Item 8. General clinical examination.
• Item 9. Cardiovascular examination.
• Item 10. Anthropometric assessment.
• Item 11. Exploration of the musculoskeletal system.
• Item 12. The normal resting electrocardiogram.
• Item 13. The athlete's resting electrocardiogram.
• Item 14. The pathological resting electrocardiogram in the athlete.
• Item 15. Contraindications for practicing sports.
• Item 16. The sudden death of the athlete.
• Item 17. COVID surveillance. Complications and persistent COVID syndrome.
• Item 18. The medical report. The certificate of aptitude. Form models.
• Item 19. Electrocardiography workshop.
• Item 20. Clinical cases.

Teaching Material

• • Topics in PDF format found on the Course website.
• • Evaluation forms that are managed by computer.

As it is an "on-line" activity, the Course begins individually for each student, who has six months to complete from the moment the access code is activated.

Period of holding the Course

Being an activity "on-line", the course starts individually for each student, which has six months for completion from the time he activates the password.

Period of holding the Course

The Course has 20 independent topics. Each one has an evaluation questionnaire/exam. With the course's teaching materials, the student must study the topics and complete the corresponding exams on the platform, which will indicate whether they have passed them or not.

To pass the exam you must answer 80% of the questions in each topic correctly.

If the exam is not passed, the student will be warned that she must take the exam again. There are a total of three opportunities to pass each topic.

There is a tutoring system through which, through the courses email (cursos@femede.es), the student can ask any questions they may have about the exams.

To be eligible to pass the Course, the student must have passed all the topics in the three opportunities to present themselves that are given for each topic. Failure to pass this requirement means failure to pass the Course.

The Course must be completed (satisfactorily pass all exams) within a period of 6 months from the time of registration.

Certification

If it meets the criteria of a diploma course approved by the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations is issued certifying the 150 hours of study in which the course is valued.
The diploma is sent in PDF format by email.

Professionals who the course is aimed

Course aimed exclusively at doctors (certification is requested).

Pre-registration is done on-line and, once their relevance, that students please register to communicate permanently.

Registration

• 1. Submit the application form, duly completed to: cursos@femede.es.
• 2. Make payment of registration fees:
  

  Bank transfer, stating the name of the registered and the concept "Electrocardiography Course for sports medicine" to the account of the Spanish Federation of Sports Medicine No: ES51 2085 5261 6303 3014 9626. BIC: CAZRES2Z.

• 3. Refer a scanned copy of your medical degree.
• 4. Refer a scanned copy of your membership National Society of Sports Medicine.

From this moment, when you check the documentation, you will receive access codes to the course by email.

Any doubt or question related to the course, you must send an email to: cursos@femede.es