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EXS-20013 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

EXS-20013 - Evidence in Sports and Exercise Medicine
Coordinator: Dean Burt
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

The Evidence in Sports and Exercise Medicine module builds on content introduced in Year 1 and enables you to extract key information and begin to discuss literature relevant to practice.
You will have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills required to assess quality of research methodology both qualitative and quantitative and understand common statistical terminology used for evidence based research.
The module aims to prepare you to integrate research into clinical practice whilst also developing transferable skills (such as academic writing, presentation of an argument) that can be applied in a variety of sport and exercise settings and specialities.

Aims
Introduce the concept of using evidence to support best practice, demonstrate the need for critical reading, thinking and writing, while developing the students knowledge and understanding of research principles.
Enable students to effectively describe, compare and evaluate findings from sport, rehabilitation and exercise medicine related research.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Formulate a range of applied and clinical questions related to sport and exercise medicine: 2
Formulate effective search strategies to identify best evidence using sport and exercise related databases: 2
Extract and summarise key information from research articles: 1
Compare the methods and findings of different research articles: 1

Study hours

50 tutor-led hours which includes:
~ 18 hours of lectures
~ 10 hours of workshops, seminars, tutorials
~ 2 hours of assessment preparation
~ 20 hours of directed study
~100 hours of self-directed study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Class Test weighted 60%
Online Computer Task of 60 minutes duration
Students will be provided with an article relating to sport and exercise medicine, they will be required to provide a summary of the article (focusing on the study design, participants recruited, interventions, outcome measures, and key findings) and provide a critical appraisal of an article (using an amended Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist).

2: Report weighted 40%
Literature Search Written Report
Students demonstrate knowledge and skills in writing a research question and search strategy in a 750-word written report. The assessment has 4 components: select a scenario from the choices available, write a clinical question, formulate PICO search terms, and present the search strategy.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025