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Unit of Study HLTH3010 - Clinical Exercise Physiology for Mental and Cardiorespiratory Health (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Focuses upon the application of foundational knowledge in the areas of mental, cardiovascular, and respiratory health. Students develop theoretical and practical skills for functional capacity and exercise assessment, and the design and delivery of safe, evidence-based interventions for individuals with mental health, cardiovascular health and respiratory health conditions and co-morbidities.

Unit content

  1. Mental health
  2. Cardiorespiratory health – part a
  3. Cardiorespiratory health – part b
  4. Cardiorespiratory health – part c
  5. Cardiorespiratory health – part d
  6. Respiratory health

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
Term3
Lismore
Term3
Term3

Learning outcomes

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:

synthesise the body of evidence on exercise as a compliment for the treatment of mental health

critically analyse and integrate a body of knowledge of cardiorespiratory health and underlying principles and concepts into evidence-based practice

apply and adapt critical clinical thinking and clinical reasoning to provide timely identification of, and response(s) to, clinical safety risks for exercise for individuals with cardiorespiratory conditions

autonomously design and deliver safe, effective and evidence-based clinical exercise assessments and interventions for individuals with cardiorespiratory conditions

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • American College of Sports, M, Riebe, D, Ehrman, JK, Liguori, G & Magal, M, 2022, ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, 11th edn, Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ehrman, JK, Gordon, PM, Visich, PS & Keteyian, SJ, 2019, Clinical Exercise Physiology, 4th edn, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois. ISBN: 978-1-4925-4645-0 (print)..
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.