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Unit description

Introduces the role and commences the development of core capabilities of a clinical exercise physiologist. Provides the foundational knowledge that underpins clinical reasoning and decision making to deliver workplace and functional assessment services.

Unit content

  1. Role and scope of clinical exercise physiology practice
  2. Client consultations
  3. Behaviour change
  4. Occupational needs assessment
  5. Core clinical skills
  6. Core clinical skills

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:
1recognise scope of practice and commence the development of the core capabilities required for clinical exercise physiology practice
2apply the fundamental principles of occupational rehabilitation used in the workplace and other settings
3develop and demonstrate the technical skills to conduct an accurate and culturally appropriate exercise physiology client consultation and articulate the outcomes to the referring medical specialist
4develop the cognitive skills to screen clients and conduct accurate health and fitness assessments

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

  1. recognise scope of practice and commence the development of the core capabilities required for clinical exercise physiology practice
  2. apply the fundamental principles of occupational rehabilitation used in the workplace and other settings
  3. develop and demonstrate the technical skills to conduct an accurate and culturally appropriate exercise physiology client consultation and articulate the outcomes to the referring medical specialist
  4. develop the cognitive skills to screen clients and conduct accurate health and fitness assessments

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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Fee information

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