Clinical Exercise Prescription and Management 1

Course aim

The aim of this course is to enable students to consolidate and apply in a practice environment the knowledge, skills and behaviours developed in the academic program.

Course content

Application of knowledge and skills gained in the academic program to the practice setting. Use of self-directed online learning to explore and extend knowledge and issues that arise from the placement experience. Minimum of 120 hours of supervised clinical placement will be completed for conditions relating to musculoskeletal, neuromuscular/neurological, cardiopulmonary/metabolic. Clinical hours must involve direct contact with the client such as treatment, assessment, reporting, program development, case reviews and case management or training associated with specific clinical tasks

Textbook(s)

American College of Sports Medicine 2006, ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, 7th edn, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore

American College of Sports Medicine 2010, ACSM's resources for clinical exercise physiology: musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, neoplastic, immunological, and hematologic conditions, 2nd edn, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 5178	Exercise Assessment and Prescription for Chronic and Complex Conditions

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
External (Online learning)	2 hours x 6 weeks
Clinical	120 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Clinical hours log book and professional reflection, Clinical Placement supervisor evaluation, Online clinical skills development

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.