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Unit of Study SPRT3001 - Professional Preparation (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these 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/healthplacements This is a final year unit involving an internship in the sport, health or fitness industry. To equip students for placement they must have completed a minimum of two years full-time or equivalent study in a relevant degree in the Faculty of Health.

Unit description

Provides an opportunity for students to accumulate required work experience, and apply their knowledge and understanding of the principles of Exercise and Sport Science as they relate to apparently healthy individuals. Students must complete their practicum experience in an exercise science related discipline for the purpose of attaining competency in exercise assessment, prescription and delivery. This unit fulfils a major component of the practicum requirements that must be successfully completed to be an Exercise Scientist as outlined by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA).

Unit content

  1. Professional conduct, ethical practice, and exercise science scope of practice
  2. Evidenced-based practice and clinical reasoning
  3. Group exercise programming and instruction including Telehealth
  4. Health beyond exercise: communication, coaching and behaviour change
  5. Exercise assessment, prescription, and delivery: putting it all together

 

 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Dual Term2
Term5
Dual Term2
Term5
Gold Coast
Dual Term2
Term5
Dual Term2
Term5
Lismore
Dual Term2
Term5
Dual Term2
Term5

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:

practically apply exercise science knowledge and skills in a variety of professional learning and work settings, including Telehealth and group exercise

choose and apply a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication methods appropriate to the client and/or population, carers and other health and exercise professionals

identify risks and apply appropriate risk management strategies to the professional practice of exercise science

practice in accordance with ethically relevant policies, legislation and regulations that apply to exercise science settings including privacy, consent and record keeping

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Coombes, J., Burton, N., & Beckman, E, Essa's Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence-EBook, Elsevier Health Sciences.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • The SCU Career Development Program information site on MySCU contains a wealth of useful resources including access to UniHub and the Graduate Careers & Internship Preparation modules. Students are required to complete five of these modules as part of their assessment for this unit (see later).

Prescribed Texts
  • Coombes, J., Burton, N., & Beckman, E, Essa's Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence-EBook, Elsevier Health Sciences.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • The SCU Career Development Program information site on MySCU contains a wealth of useful resources including access to UniHub and the Graduate Careers & Internship Preparation modules. Students are required to complete five of these modules as part of their assessment for this unit (see later).

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.