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Physical Activity and Exercise (PHTY90113)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
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Overview
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This subject provides students with the knowledge and skills to prescribe exercises that effectively and safely meet the needs of individuals, groups and populations across the lifespan and along the health and impairment continuum. Students will draw critically on evidence for the requirements for physical activity and exercise and the health risks due to sedentary behaviour. Students will build on their clinical reasoning skills to theorise the mechanism of an individuals’ functional limitations and design and prescribe exercises to meet the goals of optimal health outcomes. A biopsychosocial framework will emphasise the biological, mechanical, social, psychological and cultural elements that influence exercise and physical activity. Factors that influence how the body responds to exercise will be examined and elements that are integral to the safe and effective prescription of exercise will be studied. Further, students will build knowledge of the different types of exercise activity (cardio-vascular, fitness, strength, flexibility) and physical and how they might be used to achieve different outcomes. Students will design, implement and evaluate exercise programs and classes to meet client and community needs in a variety of contexts. Students will be expected to be critical in their analysis and evaluations of new and emerging forms of exercises that are not as yet supported by an evidence base.
This subject will be taught predominantly with an online format of e-lectures and discussion board activities. Mandatory attendance is required at 1) 2 x 2 hour master classes in a large group learning forum; 2) an aquatic therapy session and 3) an exercise session run within a gym and/or a physiotherapy context.
Intended learning outcomes
Effectively communicate your evidence informed therapeutic priorities with clients to establish shared goals within an ethical, person-centred and ICF informed framework.
Generic skills
By the completion of this subject, students will have had the opportunity to develop the following generic skills:
- An understanding of the principles of health promotion including primary and secondary prevention
- An understanding of principles of rehabilitation in the amelioration of suffering from acute or chronic disability
- The ability to access new knowledge from all sources, to analyse and interpret it in a critical manner and to apply it appropriately in the provision of health care
- An understanding of educational theory and practice and the ability to teach
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Years 1 and 2 of MC-DPHYSIO
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Participation in online discussion based on 'critical clinical questions' X 2 through semester, Week 2 and Week 4 | From Week 2 to Week 4 | 10% |
Written assignment, critique of publically available exercise programs
| Week 6 | 20% |
Group: Design, implementation and evaluation of exercise class (video presentation 5-10min + 1,000 word evaluation of program)
| Week 16 | 30% |
Theory exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance at master classes is mandatory and attendance at 80% of classes is a hurdle requirement for passing this subject | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 20 April 2020 to 6 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 31 July 2020 Census date 31 August 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 September 2020 Assessment period ends 20 November 2020 April contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Type Name Course Doctor of Physiotherapy
Last updated: 3 November 2022