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Unit of Study REHB6002 - Advanced Professional Practice II (2021)

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  • Enrolment information

    Please be advised that this unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience Learning. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements.

Unit description

Consolidates the ongoing development of competencies and the ethical and professional standards that are required to become an entry level practitioner of clinical exercise physiology. Students will develop advanced skills in the application of effective exercise for all the relevant pathology domains associated with chronic conditions.

Unit content

  • The role of evidence based practice
  • Differentiation of contraindications in the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular domains
  • Professional communication
  • Principles of body mechanics and functional capacity
  • Adverse clinical symptoms
  • Referral in a multi-disciplinary context
  • Clinical placement

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session2
Session2
Lismore
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Session2

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:

design and manage the clinical exercise therapy for clients with musculoskeletal and neuromuscular pathologies

recognise and follow the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethical Practice, standards of best practice and medico-legal framework of practice

critically evaluate scientific literature from a clinical perspective

produce professional documentation and written communication.

exhibit the clinical skills and competencies of a professional graduate-level Clinical Exercise Physiologist

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