The Aim of a Risk Assessment is to identify hazards and risks and implement suitable control measures to reduce potential harm in the workplace
1. Identify an activity, process or operation where there is potential for injury or damage. Consider whether it is essential for the activity to continue, ie, without the hazard there is no risk.
2. Identify the hazards within the activity, ie, using machinery, confined spaces, working at height, electricity, manual handling, lone working, exposure to hazardous substance etc. Use of the HIPA form should assist with the identification of hazards for the work or activity that is planned and should be used to carry out a preliminary assessment.
3. Determine the risks involved and what type of incident is anticipated, eg, contact with moving/sharp equipment, asphyxiation, falls, electrocution, back injury, violence/abuse. Consider who and how many people will be affected, eg, employees, students, visitors, contractors.
4. Estimate the risk level without the benefit of any control measures.
Risk Level = likelihood x severity
HIGH (12-25) certain or near certain that harm will result in serious injury/damage.
MEDIUM (8-10) harm will probably occur frequently with minor injury/damage.
LOW (1-6) it is unlikely that harm will be caused and the outcome would result in very minor injury/damage.
5. High and medium risk levels will require control measures to reduce the risk level to as low as is reasonably practicable. This could be achieved by for example, Guarding, Safety Procedures/Working Practices, Specialist Training, Mechanical Assistance, Substitution of hazardous substance to substance of lower risk, etc.
Personal Protective Equipment should only be considered, as the last resort, if alternative control measures cannot achieve a lower risk level.
6. Re- assess the risk level with existing or new control measures in place.
7. Some additional control measures may be required to reduce the risk. Insert who these control measures will be actioned by. For clarity use an asterisk (*) to highlight those that need to be put into place before the activity or event takes place.
8. Completed assessments should be shared and discussed with all persons involved in the activity/process/operation and where possible, signed to confirm their understanding and involvement.
9. The completed assessments should also be signed by the assessor, Head of Department/Support Department or Dean and a member of the health and safety department.
10. All assessments should be reviewed, as and when there is any significant change or annually whichever is sooner.
11. Generic risk assessments are acceptable where activities/processes/operations are consistent across the workplace. However, these must be adapted, as appropriate, to consider individuals and local environment.
12. There may be other risk assessments that need to be undertaken separately,
For example: Manual handing
COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
New & Expectant mothers
Young persons
Stress
And these may need other specific assessment forms to be completed.
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the research process, the theories and concept underpinning the area of study
Produce, present and defend an original, independent piece of sports therapy research
You will be required to produce a poster which will provide a coherent summary of your applied research project. You will present the poster in the Sports therapy conference in March 2019 where you will defend your analysis and understanding of your findings with an assessor.
The poster will present your authentic study findings with a clear scientific approach.
The defence will facilitate your justification of your research question (with reference to peer reviewed articles) and allow you to show your understanding of the research process through the defence of your choice of methods and data analysis.
The poster must be produced in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, the size when printed must be A1 in size (841mm x 594 mm), and must be portrait orientation. Whilst there is not a word count limit there are recommendations for sections and layout which will benefit the communication, style and effectiveness of the poster.
Final Year Project
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the research process, the theories and concept underpinning the area of study.
Produce, present and defend an original, independent piece of sports therapy research.
Assessment 1 - Practical Assessment
Learning Outcomes
Be able to critically reflect on personal strengths and areas of weakness in the context of your role as a sports therapist, and be able to defend the clinical reasoning that has informed your assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of how to assess, plan and deliver safe and effective sports therapy practice using clinical reasoning to inform your assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
This will be a practical assessment of your ability to diagnose, assess and treat injuries in a clinic setting. In order to examine this, we will be asking you to complete a 30 minute practical session based on a hypothetical scenario. You will need to:
• Arrive 15 minutes prior to your allocated start time and room.
• You will need to be able to assess a client subjectively and objectively
• Based on this assessment you will need to provide safe and appropriate treatment and aftercare advice.
• You will need to be able to justify the treatments you have selected.
Clinical Practice
Learning Outcomes
Be able to critically reflect on personal strengths and areas of weakness in the context of your role as a sports therapist, and be able to defend the clinical reasoning that has informed your assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of how to assess, plan and deliver safe and effective sports therapy practice using clinical reasoning to inform your assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
You will submit a portfolio that demonstrates your engagement with practice and reflection. In your portfolio you will need to include:
1. Log of experiences (Evidence of 100 hours placement)
2. You will complete two critical reflections (2 x 750 words each)
3. CV & Job Applications
4. Continuous Professional Development (CPD conferences, courses, certs)
a. E.g. first aid certificate, taping course certificates, Level 2 Gym Instruction
The portfolio will be submitted on pebblepad. There is a 750 word count limit for the 2 written reflections (total 1500 words), but there is no word count on any of the other relevant content. The pebblepad space has a dedicated space that allows you to upload the evidence throughout the year in a variety of forms, video, written or document copies for example.
The following information provides guidance in each of the portfolio sections which will help you deliver a portfolio with academic and professional currency:
As part of your portfolio, you are expected to include the following sections:
1. Log of Experiences - Apply medico legal standards by ensuring all your hours are signed by supervisors/qualified practitioner, ideally these hours are accumulated over the years of your study to show gradual progression and development of your skills. Make sure the evidence is clear, concise and legible.
2. Reflections - You should select two experiences and provide a record of your reflections on these. To satisfy this guideline you should:
a. You should select two experiences; these must be from this academic year and MUST not have been used in any previously assessed work. Select Sports Therapy related experiences that you think were particularly relevant in developing your Sports Therapy practice for the future.
b. Within your reflections, you should make reference to the scientific rationale/evidence. You should provide a reflective account on each of the above experiences, which reveals your insight in to what you learnt.
c. For each reflective account you should arrive at an insightful conclusion (no longer than 100 words of your available 750 words) about how that experience will inform your future practice.
3. CV & Job Applications. A current Curriculum Vitae (CV) that includes a personal statement clearly highlighting your areas of strength and interests. This CV should be of a standard so that it could be utilised to construct a formal job application for employment in Sports Therapy. These are not graded.
4. Continuous Professional Development (CPD)/Conferences/Courses/Certificates Provide a copy of a valid HSE approved First Aid Certificate in this section. You may keep any further certificates and details of conference/ course attendance, CPD and any other self-directed learning here, although these are not graded. Good quality and varied evidence of CPD demonstrating your ability to go beyond the minimum thresholds for passing this unit will indicate higher quality work.
5. Feedback This section is designed for you to collect all feedback you receive either academically or in an employment setting, although these are not graded.
6. Professional Developmental Plan (PDP) You should provide a PDP to cover the first year after graduation. This will be an action plan of the activities you will undertake to ensure you are a successful Sports Therapist. Include timelines, and how you will measure your achievements as well as SWOT analysis.
The Research Project must be a maximum of 7000 words, produced in a format that can be uploaded to BREO (Microsoft word) and printed (and binded). Recommended (approximate) word count for each section is as follows:
Abstract: 250 words
Introduction 500 words Literature Review 2000 words Methods 1000-1200 words
Results 500-800 words
Discussion 2000 words
Conclusion 250 words
Your writing should provide a clear and concise description of your topic, clearly analyse the value of the research in sports therapy and demonstrate that you have conducted the research rigorously and critically analysed your findings. Remember to appraise the strengths and limitations of your work and use appropriate anatomical and scientific terminology and units. Use the following sections and guides in each section to frame the project. The following sections and recommendations should provide clear guidance that help frame your research project.
Abstract: provide an unstructured abstract, along with 4 keywords
Introduction: give background/context to your project, define any key concepts, and outline the aims of the research that was conducted
Literature Review: provide a critical appraisal of the relevant literature to your area of study.
Methods: report the methods used for data collection, which might include the following sub-sections: procedures, participants, ethical considerations, data analysis etc.
Results: provide a full presentation of descriptive statistics (including text, tables and graphs if required) and inferential statistics used to analyse your data
Discussion: provide a full discussion of findings, with reference to aims/hypotheses and the relevant literature. Critically examine any limitations of your work, discuss implications/ recommendations for practice, and areas for future work
Conclusion: provide a conclusion to your study that draws out the key findings and recommendations from your work
References
Appendices
Attachment:- Assessment Handbook.rar