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Physical Activity Interventions for Health and Wellbeing CXA418

Introduction

This unit is designed to meet the new ESSA accreditation criteria in Exercise Physiology in the Exercise for Health and Wellness domain. Students can design and implements safe and effective health and wellness interventions to effect behaviour change and increase physical activity and functional capacity through the range of Accredited Exercise Physiologist target pathologies across diverse contexts and settings.

Summary

Unit name	Physical Activity Interventions for Health and Wellbeing
Unit code	CXA418
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Health and Medicine School of Health Sciences
Discipline	Health Sciences
Coordinator	Ms Anne Hanley
Delivered By	University of Tasmania

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Learning Outcomes

Design and deliver safe, evidenced-based, assessment and exercise plans that consider available scientific evidence, client treatment goals, medical history, clinical status, screening and other influencing factors (e.g. individual and sociocultural/economic factors).
Formulate strategies to optimise client health behaviours and management.
Relay a range of health-related information to clients considering clinical status and other influencing factors for client comprehension, and revise communication to respond to stakeholder needs and to manage changes in clinical situation(s).
Identify and respond to changes in clinical status including adverse signs/symptoms and formulate appropriate clinical responses that include session modification or termination, first-aid and onward referral.
Participate in multi-disciplinary care with clients through understanding of scope of practice and effective communication with other health professionals involved in client treatment.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
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Requisites

Prerequisites

CXA443

Concurrent Prerequisites

CXA446 and CXA417

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	1 x 2-hour lecture weekly. 1 x 2-hour workshop weekly.
Assessment	Case Study (20%)\|Case or problem activated learning (80%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly.

1 x 2-hour workshop weekly.

Assessment

Case Study (20%)|Case or problem activated learning (80%)

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	ACSM. Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 10^th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. 2018 O’Toole, G 2012, Communication. Core interpersonal skills for health professionals Churchill Livingstone, Chatswood. (Library Catalogue: R 727.3.O86 2012 – a copy has been placed on course reserve)
Recommended	Skinner, JS. Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription for Special Cases: Theoretical Basis and Clinical Application. 3^rd Edn. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005. Cameron M, Selig S, Hemphill D. Clinical Exercise. A case-based approach. Elsevier, Sydney, 2011.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

Required

ACSM. Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 10^th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. 2018

O’Toole, G 2012, Communication. Core interpersonal skills for health professionals Churchill Livingstone, Chatswood. (Library Catalogue: R 727.3.O86 2012 – a copy has been placed on course reserve)

Recommended

Skinner, JS. Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription for Special Cases: Theoretical Basis and Clinical Application. 3^rd Edn. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005.

Cameron M, Selig S, Hemphill D. Clinical Exercise. A case-based approach. Elsevier, Sydney, 2011.

Links

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