Clinical Exercise Physiology Practicum 3

Course aim

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 2009, ACSM's exercise management for persons with chronic diseases and disabilites, 3rd edn, Human Kinetics, Baltimore

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

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

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

Assessment

Online activities, Portfolio, Supervisor evaluation

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.