| Semester 2, 2021 External | |
| Short Description: | Clinical Practice Skills 3 |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Health and Wellbeing |
| Student contribution band : | 2021 Grandfather Funding Cl 1 |
| ASCED code : | 069903 - Human Movement |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: SES3202 and SES3299 and SES4102 and Students must be enrolled in the final year of the following Program: BSEH
Rationale
This is an advanced clinical skills course for the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (Honours) - Clinical Exercise Physiology. Clinical skills gained during the program will be extended to include working with people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture. The curriculum in this course is constructed to meet requirements of the professional accreditation in exercise physiology set down by the professional body, Exercise and Sports Science Australia.
Synopsis
This course builds upon SES3202 and SES4102 with further exploration of the roles and responsibilities of the clinical exercise physiology profession within the Australian healthcare system, including working with people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture. This course will further develop the practical skills required by students when working with clinical populations to provide exercise assessment and testing, prescription of exercise interventions, and monitoring of clients' progress throughout the prescribed exercise programs. The course requires interactive engagement for students to develop ability to analyse the rationale behind their clinical skills and decision-making processes.
This course contains a mandatory residential school at the Ipswich campus for external students and mandatory on-campus practical sessions for on-campus students.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Work collaboratively and effectively with medical practitioners and allied health professionals to design appropriate exercise interventions within National compensation schemes and not-for-profit services.
- Explain, report, and justify clinical services appropriate for National compensation schemes as well as a variety of other clinical populations and environments.
- Analyse and display professional and ethical behaviour.
- Effectively communicate with, assess, and design and deliver appropriate exercise interventions for people with chronic clinical conditions, multi-trauma, or complex co-morbidities, people with disabilities, individuals from different races, cultures, and minority groups, refugees, first nations people, and people injured through armed service, war, or torture.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Working across cultures, races, languages, abilities. Skills for working with carers, interpreters, refugees, first nations people, and cultural liaison staff. | 15.00 |
| 2. | National compensation schemes (Medicare, DVA, NDIS). | 15.00 |
| 3. | Clinical exercise physiology assessment, prescription, and management for clients with chronic clinical conditions, complex co-morbidities, multiple traumas, spinal cord injuries, or disabilities. Exercise interventions for complex condition management, rehabilitation, and lifestyle / disease risk modification. | 40.00 |
| 4. | Exercise assessment, intervention, and management for people injured through armed service, war, or torture. | 30.00 |
Text and Materials
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2021&sem=02&subject1=SES4203)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference Materials
Student Workload Expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 60.00 |
| Online Tutorials or Workshops | 36.00 |
| Private Study | 45.00 |
| Residential Schools | 24.00 |
Assessment Details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Quizzes | 20 | 20 | 13 Jul 2021 | |
| Practical Test | 20 | 30 | 13 Jul 2021 | (see note 1) |
| Attendance Requirement | 12 | 1 | 05 Nov 2021 | (see note 2) |
| ESSA's Standards&ComplianceMod | 50 | 10 | 05 Nov 2021 | (see note 3) |
| Open Examination - Online | 100 | 39 | End S2 | (see note 4) |
Notes
- The practical test will take place during the last day of the mandatory residential school for external students. Due dates will be advised by course examiner at beginning of semester.
- Students must attend the mandatory residential school.
- ESSA's Standards & Compliance online education module is made available to student exercise physiologists for completion in the final semester of their studies. The course examiner will provide students with details to access this module.
- This will be an online exam. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via StudyDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
External students must attend the mandatory residential school (minimum of 80% attendance). It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete the practical test and online quiz assessment items a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. To satisfactorily complete ESSA’s Standards and Compliance Module (online) students must complete the online module and provide their completion certificate to the course examiner as evidence. To satisfactorily complete the exam a student must achieve at least 40% of the marks for that item. To satisfactorily complete the course a student must attend and participate at least 80% of the practical sessions or residential school. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Proficiency), i.e. the practical test 1 by achieving at least 50% of the marks available for that assessment item, and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the marks available for that assessment item. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
An Online Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed, written, or online material as well as a calculator. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Deferred and Supplementary examinations will be held in accordance with the Assessment Procedure . -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment Notes
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Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.
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Referencing in assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. This guide can be found at
Evaluation and Benchmarking
This course is benchmarked against external accreditation standards for exercise physiology as required by Exercise and Sport Science Australia.
Other Requirements
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Computer, e-mail and Internet access:
Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at . -
Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in this course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect the same grades as those students who do possess them.
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Students undertaking this course in external mode will be required to attend a residential school at the Ipswich campus to completed practical aspects related to the course.
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The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (