Courses & Units

Clinical Exercise Practicum 2 CXA446

Introduction

This unit is the second in an advanced clinical exercise Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that progresses your real-world experience as a Student Exercise Physiologist. You will have further exposure to the assessment, prescription, and delivery of exercise to clinical clientele via a minimum of 140 hours of Professional Experience Placements (PEP). This will occur in the University of Tasmania Exercise Physiology Clinic and in University-approved WIL partner agencies, where you will be guided in your clinical education by appropriately qualified University, and agency supervisors. This unit provides an opportunity to develop and extend clinical decision making and communication skills through supervised WIL placements and to develop an understanding of professional practice requirements for an industry environment. Unit objectives are: (1) to progress proficiency in communication and behaviour-change counselling techniques with clinical clientele; (2) to progress clinical reasoning skills, problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills with clinical clientele. (3) to progress practical screening, assessment and exercise prescription skills with clinical clientele; (4) To progress professional skills in collaborative practice, self-reflection, and self-direction PEP Attendance Expectations: Students are expected to participate actively and positively in the clinical exercise learning environment. They must strive to maintain steady progress within the unit, comply with workload expectations, and submit required work on time. Students are required to attend placement blocks as allocated. Students may be required to travel for placement. University accommodation may be offered at no charge to the student, where a placement is significantly distant from student’s residence. Students will be placed as near to home location as much as practicable, but this cannot be guaranteed. Other university commitments have been scheduled to allow time to attend placement blocks. Students must make the necessary arrangements (eg. with paid work, sporting, home or other life commitments) to ensure they are free and able to attend allocated placements. Unexplained absence from a scheduled placement is a breach of professional and PEP conduct and severe breaches can have implications for passing the Unit as per the SHS PEP Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct.

Summary

Unit name Clinical Exercise Practicum 2
Unit code CXA446
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
Level Honours

Availability

This unit is currently unavailable.

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2022 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2022 will be available from the 1st October 2021. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

  • Explain clinical reasoning in the education, assessment, prescription and safe delivery of exercise for clients relevant to the practicum site attended
  • Critically reflect on your developing experience of being a Student Exercise Physiologist in assessing and delivering clinical exercise scientists.
  • Problem-solve clinical exercise situations. Explain when and how to educate, reassess, modify and progress exercise treatments, or cease treatment and refer on, as required.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely in written, verbal, and non-verbal forms with peers, clients from diverse backgrounds, carers, and a wide range of health professionals while on placement;
  • Practice in an ethical, collaborative, and reflective manner as a Student Exercise Physiologist in line with Professional Standards for Exercise Physiology.

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
not applicable

1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

CXA443 and CXA414 and CXA415 and CXA416

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

2 hour Induction Lecture/Intensive session (week 1 only).

A minimum of 140 hours of competency-based practicum experience will be accrued during set practicum block time at placement site/s allocated by the College Professional Experience Placements (PEP) Team.

AssessmentPlacement (50%)|Presentation (50%)|Direct Observations of Clinical Encounters (DOCEs)
TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Clinical Exercise Practicum Student Guidelines and Logbook 2019 – available on MyLO

Recommended

American College of Sports Medicine (2018). ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. (10th Ed). Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Myers, J.N., Herbert, W.G. & Humphrey, R. (2010) ACSM’s Resources for Clinical Exercise Physiology: Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, Neoplastic, Immunologic, and Hematologic Conditions (2nd Ed). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Ehrman, J.K., Gordon, P.M., Visich, P.S. & Keteyian, S.J. (2003) Clinical Exercise Physiology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Brukner, P. & Khan, K. (2017) Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine (5th Ed). McGraw-Hill: Sydney, Australia:

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