Semester 2, 2023 External | |
Units : | 1 |
School or Department : | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: SES3202 and (SES3299 or SES3399) and Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BSEH
Overview
This is an advanced clinical skills course for the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (Honours) - Clinical Exercise Physiology. Clinical skills gained during the program will be extended to include working with people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture. The curriculum in this course is constructed to meet requirements of the professional accreditation in exercise physiology set down by the professional body, Exercise and Sports Science Australia.
This course builds upon SES3202 with further exploration of the roles and responsibilities of the clinical exercise physiology profession within the Australian healthcare system, including working with people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture. This course will further develop the practical skills required by students when working with clinical populations to provide exercise assessment and testing, prescription of exercise interventions, and monitoring of clients' progress throughout the prescribed exercise programs. The course requires interactive engagement for students to develop ability to analyse the rationale behind their clinical skills and decision-making processes.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory practical classes for on-campus students. To pass this course, students must attend 80% of the residential school or practical classes. Student non-compliance with the attendance requirement will mean the student cannot pass the course.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Work collaboratively and effectively with medical practitioners and allied health professionals to design appropriate exercise interventions within National compensation schemes and not-for-profit services.
- Explain, report, and justify clinical services appropriate for National compensation schemes as well as a variety of other clinical populations and environments.
- Analyse and display professional and ethical behaviour.
- Effectively communicate with, assess, and design and deliver appropriate exercise interventions for people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Working across cultures, races, languages, abilities. Skills for working with carers, interpreters, refugees, first nations people, and cultural liaison staff. | 15.00 |
2. | National compensation schemes (Medicare, DVA, NDIS). | 15.00 |
3. | Clinical exercise physiology assessment, prescription, and management for clients with chronic clinical conditions, complex co-morbidities, multiple traumas, spinal cord injuries, or disabilities. Exercise interventions for complex condition management, rehabilitation, and lifestyle / disease risk modification. | 40.00 |
4. | Exercise assessment, intervention, and management for people injured through armed service, war, or torture. | 30.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Quiz | No | 15 | 1,2,3 |
Objtv Strctrd Clncl Exm (OSCE) | No | 35 | 1,2,3,4 |
Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4 |