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Unit of Study REHB6001 - Advanced Professional Practice I (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains professional experience learning/laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements Please note: Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

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
Dual Term1,2
Dual Term1,2
Lismore
Dual Term1,2
Dual Term1,2

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:

integrate theory with practice in a variety of multidisciplinary clinical exercise physiology practice environments

design and manage the clinical exercise therapy for clients with metabolic, respiratory, kidney, cancer and cardiovascular pathologies

apply individual health and psychosocial information to formulate assessments and interventions to treat and engage individual clients

reflect on learning and personal experience towards professional development

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Brian C. Leutholtz, 2020, Exercise Prescription for Special Populations, Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.
  • Coombes, J., Burton, N., & Beckman, E, Essa's Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence-EBook, Elsevier Health Sciences.
  • Jonathan K. Ehrman, Paul M. Gordon,, 2019, Clinical Exercise Physiology, 4th, Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics. ISBN: 978-1-4925-4645-0 .
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Website: https://www.essa.org.au/essa-me/professional-standards/ for Accredited Exercise Physiologist Professional Standards 

Prescribed Texts
  • Brian C. Leutholtz, 2020, Exercise Prescription for Special Populations, Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.
  • Coombes, J., Burton, N., & Beckman, E, Essa's Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence-EBook, Elsevier Health Sciences.
  • Jonathan K. Ehrman, Paul M. Gordon,, 2019, Clinical Exercise Physiology, 4th, Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics. ISBN: 978-1-4925-4645-0 .
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Website: https://www.essa.org.au/essa-me/professional-standards/ for Accredited Exercise Physiologist Professional Standards 

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.