Medical Sciences - University of the West Indies

FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Ability to formulate exercise prescriptions for patients with medical conditions e.g. cardiac and rheumatoid patients
Ability to formulate exercise programmes for fitness and sports
Understanding of prohibitive drugs and techniques and World Anti-doping Agency Regulations.
Application of sports psychology and its role for individuals and teams
Demonstrate understanding in research methods and biostaticstics culminating in a research project.
Entry Requirements
Registered medical practitioners with two years professional experience.
Application
Two Referee Forms
Registration License
Transcript
Duration of programme: 2 years minimum
Programme Structure:
The design is of distance teaching through weekly topics consisting of 14 week each semester produced on
DVD. The weekly tasks would include reading material through photocopied articles, web based links for other
articles, and Videos/CD Rom didactic lectures. Questions designed to emphasis the main points of the week
will be provided in the package and answers will be provided at weeks 6 and 13. Approximately four hours will
be required to complete a weeks work. There would be teleconferences on weeks 7 and 14. At the end of the
semester, there will be a three hour written examination, conducted in the doctors own country, supervised by
a mutually agreed upon invigilator.
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