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Unit of Study CEP92003 - Advanced Professional Practice I (2020)

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  • Enrolment restriction

    To enrol in this unit you need to submit a Unit Approval Request (UAR) as this unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. On receipt of the UAR, the School’s Professional Experience Unit (PEU) will then contact you to ensure you are aware of the requirements and take the necessary steps to be compliant in time for start of session. Failure to comply with requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/clinicalplacements.

Unit description

Focuses on an overall consolidation of the learning and ongoing development of competencies required to qualify as an entry level practitioner of clinical exercise physiology. Provides practical experience of client assessment methodologies, the provision of prescription and delivery of exercise for target pathologies within multidisciplinary settings. Students will be expected to integrate specific knowledge in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions within clinically relevant time frames.

Unit content

  • Scope of Practice of the Accredited Exercise Physiologist
  • Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Code of Conduct and Ethical Practice
  • Client centred care models
  • Metabolic, cardiopulmonary, kidney and cancer pathologies
  • Clinical Placement

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session1
Session1
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Online
Session3
Session3

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 integrate theory with practice in a variety of multidisciplinary clinical exercise physiology practice environments
2 design and manage the clinical exercise therapy for clients with metabolic, respiratory, kidney, cancer and cardiovascular pathologies
3 apply individual health and psychosocial information to formulate assessments and interventions to treat and engage individual clients
4 reflect on learning and personal experience towards professional development

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. integrate theory with practice in a variety of multidisciplinary clinical exercise physiology practice environments
    • GA4:
  2. design and manage the clinical exercise therapy for clients with metabolic, respiratory, kidney, cancer and cardiovascular pathologies
    • GA4:
  3. apply individual health and psychosocial information to formulate assessments and interventions to treat and engage individual clients
    • GA6:
  4. reflect on learning and personal experience towards professional development
    • GA5:

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hr (12 wks)
Practical session 2 hrs (5 wks)
Tutorial online 1 hr (7 wks)
Community/Professional placement 180 hrs (Across the session)
Assessment
Placement Hours SR

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hr (12 wks)
Practical session 2 hrs (5 wks)
Tutorial online 1 hr (7 wks)
Community/Professional placement 180 hrs (Across the session)
Assessment
Placement Hours SR

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hr (12 wks)
Practical session 2 hrs (5 wks)
Tutorial online 1 hr (7 wks)
Community/Professional placement 180 hrs (Across the session)
Assessment
Placement Hours SR

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