Clinical Conditions 1 (11545.2)

This unit aims to develop core and applied knowledge and skills for working with clients that present with common clinical conditions that align with an Accredited Exercise Physiologist's scope of practice. Students build foundational knowledge on pathophysiology, risk factors, safety and special considerations, and evidence-based treatment and intervention approaches, as well as exploring biopsychosocial and health service contexts that shape a person's lived experience with common conditions. Students design safe and effective exercise interventions that consider their role as an AEP within the multidisciplinary care team and develop clinical reasoning and decision-making skills for providing evidence-based and value-based care in a person-centred philosophy.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Explain knowledge of the pathophysiological bases, risk factors and treatments, including exercise intervention, for common conditions that are core to the scope of practice of ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologists;
2. Design evidence-based exercise intervention plans that implement safe and effective assessment, prescription and delivery, supported by behaviour change and collaborative care principles, for individual clients presenting with complex comorbidity;
3. Examine person-centred exercise intervention plans that demonstrate ethical and respectful practice that may be viewed as inclusive and culturally safe;
4. Justify approaches to exercise physiology interventions for common clinical conditions; with clinical reasoning that demonstrates decisions are informed by individual health history, referral and assessment information, biopsychosocial context, digital literacy and scientific evidence; and
5. Compare and critique different approaches to exercise physiology practice and broader health professional practices; reflecting on opportunities for contemporary, responsive and value-based health care for common conditions, in line with ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiology Professional Standards.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

10070 Professional Practice in Exercise Physiology AND 8913 Motor Control and Skill Acquisition

Corequisites

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation.

Incompatible units

9383 Neuromuscular Conditions and Rehabilitation 10072 Exercise Management for Chronic Diseases

Equivalent units

9383 Neuromuscular Conditions and Rehabilitation AND 10072 Exercise Management for Chronic Diseases. Students need to have completed both of the above units for equivalence with 11545 Clinical Conditions 1 and 11546 Clinical Conditions 2.

Assumed knowledge

Foundational knowledge in professional practice in Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology in Australia, including scope of practice, ethics and professional conduct, health care legislation.