Name: Adolescent Sports Medicine, PGCert
Price: £1,050 per 20 credits GBP

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Duration

1 year

Start

September 2025

Delivery

In-person

Study this postgraduate certificate and upskill to become a leader in Adolescent Sports Medicine. We’ll teach you evidence-based practice to deliver safe and effective care to young athletes engaging in sport.

Our course includes a contemporary collection of modules and optional modules to suit practitioners who are already working with young athletes or are wanting to work in this field.

We’ll enhance your skills with designing young athlete development programmes and management of common adolescent and growth-related injuries.

The programme is designed for general practitioners, physiotherapists, sports therapists, sports rehabilitators and strength and conditioning coaches.

Why study with us

Our course has been developed with feedback from clinical partners and alumni. 
You’ll be taught by applied and research-leading industry experts who currently work in the field of Sports Medicine from grass roots sports to National team youth level.
Study this programme part-time with options to complete within 12-36 months. You can discuss these flexible options with our course leader.

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What you'll do

Learn from lecturers from Medicine, Physiotherapy, Sports Therapy and Sport, Exercise and Nutritional Sciences who work concurrently to deliver our modules.
You’ll have access to facilities from the School of Medicine, the divisions of Sports and Health Sciences, as well as the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre and the UCLan Sports Arena.
Have the opportunity to study optional modules including Work Based Learning or Trauma & Emergency Medical Management in Sport (TEMMiS); two modules particular to our Postgraduate Sports Medicine courses which will allow you to develop specialist skills suited for your needs.

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Modules

This module will allow you to explore and critically analyse the effects of growth and maturation on athletic performance with young athletes. You will identify key monitoring strategies that can identify peak height velocity and maturity status within young athletes. You will explore and critically analyse long-term development models utilised within sport for young athletes and how principles of fitness and exercise fit within these models. You will consolidate the ethical and legal requirements when working with pre-adolescents, adolescents and young adults and identify and distinguish Interdisciplinary team (IDT) roles when working with young athletes and how collaborative working can maximise development and safety.

Module code: MB4517

This module aims to allow you to identify key injuries that may present within the youth athlete population. You will also explore and critically analyse overuse injury onset linking to young athlete presentations. You will critically analyse pathways of investigation and interventions in relation to young athletes and how these differ from adult athletes. You will identify and critique effective rehabilitation strategies to combat common young athletic injuries. In addition, you will explore communication strategies between parent/guardian, athlete, coach and medical personnel. Identifying a holistic approach towards injury in the young athlete and how these differ from adult approaches.

Module code: MB4518

This module will give you the opportunity to undertake and develop the required decision-making process and practical skills necessary to deal with both minor and life-threatening sport and exercise related injuries and illness. You will also be able to apply acute management strategies of sporting injuries on and off the field of play and you will understand the roles and responsibilities of the MDT in the immediate care of the injured athlete.

Module code: MB4007

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Future careers

Our PGCert in Adolescent Sports Medicine will enable you to pursue a career in this field from grass roots sport to professional sport organisations.

Entry requirements

Applicants admitted onto the course will meet the following requirements
Minimum first degree at 2:2 or above in relevant subject area such as Physiotherapy, Sports Therapy, Sports Rehabilitation or Strength & Conditioning, or have completed year 3 of MBChB (MBBS) qualification
Be willing to become actively engaged in or have access to clinical experience in a Sports and Exercise Medicine practice in order to support learning within the programme
Have sufficient competency in English language (IELTS Level 6.5 or equivalent)
All suitable applicants will be interviewed. Interview procedures and decisions regarding applications will be conducted within the University’s policies on equal opportunities and admissions
Please note a satisfactory In Country Police Check and Enhanced DBS check will be required at enrolment.

This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB).

We will be able to guide you through this process once you have been offered a conditional place of study at the University of Central Lancashire.

It is important to note that should your Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check prove to be unsatisfactory for the purpose of the course you have applied to, your offer of a place for that course may be withdrawn. If you have already enrolled on a course and your DBS check subsequently discloses a criminal conviction, you may be required to withdraw from the course even if you have already started. If you are aware that your DBS check will disclose a previous conviction, please contact the course leader for advice as not all convictions may preclude you from continuing with the course.

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25

Part-time£1,000 per 20 credits

2025/26

Part-time£1,050 per 20 credits

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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Dependants Bursary
Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 
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Carers Bursary
If you need extra support because you have unpaid caring responsibilities alongside your studies.
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Sports scholarships
We offer student athletes support and opportunities for their playing careers whilst they study a high-quality degree.
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Alumni Loyalty Discount
UK students with a previous award from us will receive 20% tuition fee discount.
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Many of our modules have classroom sessions supported with online learning material.

Your module tutors will guide you as to the preparation required for teaching sessions and whilst they will sometimes give specific guidance, at postgraduate Level 7 it’s expected that you take some initiative to read around the session topic, so that you can contribute to classroom discussions.

The emphasis will be on problem-based learning. You’ll use our virtual learning environment to assist with your studies.

Our staff are experienced clinicians and have many years of experience in education. Each staff member is delivering modules within their area of expertise, and they are at the forefront of their field.

In some modules we also bring in experienced, practising clinicians with current expertise in an aspect of the module; this enables us to blend academic expertise, clinical knowledge and current clinical experience and to give you access to people who know about the demands of the current clinical environment.

A variety of assessment methods are used within the programme to support learning and understanding within a universal design.

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This course is delivered by the School of Medicine and Dentistry

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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