Clinical Practice in Exercise Physiology 1 (12075.1)

This unit brings students into the clinical practicum environment to consolidate broad clinical knowledge and skills into contemporary exercise physiology practice in real-world settings. Students will consider their emerging professional scope of practice across a range of contexts and develop their reflective practice to explore their role and responsibility in cultural safety, inclusiveness, innovation, and advocacy as a future health care professional. The unit activities and assessments that wrap around core clinical placements embed Indigenous perspectives and will use Indigenous pedagogy (Eight Ways) as a framework for building a portfolio of practice.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Apply relevant knowledge and skills across a range of health care environments to build towards autonomy for safe and effective practice in exercise physiology services;
2. Apply respectful professional practice that aligns with the requirements of the University Student Code of Conduct and the specific placement environment, and abides by the ESSA Code of Professional Conduct and Ethical Practice and other governing legislation and policies that apply;
3. Assemble professional evidence of core competencies and placement activities, in line with the ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist Professional Standards;
4. Develop an identity as a contemporary allied health professional through reflective practice, and building skills in advocacy and innovative approaches to healthcare practice; and
5. Reflect on differences and diversity in community, and opportunities to build professional practice philosophy that can be (viewed as) culturally safe, inclusive and respectful to the needs and identities of people from diverse backgrounds.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
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 - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline

Prerequisites

10070 Professional Practice in Exercise Physiology AND 9813 Research and Professional Practice Part A (6cp) AND 9814 Research and Professional Practice Part B

Corequisites

Enrolment in 266JA Bachelor of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

Successful completion of 72 credits points in the relevant study areas associated with the Bachelor of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation.