Health, Disease and Exercise (8340.4)

Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
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Health, Disease and Exercise
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Flexible
Hybrid
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Health
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Discipline Of Sport And Exercise Science Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
The aim of this unit is to enable an understanding the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviours and lifestyle related diseases. Physical activities role in chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, dementia and cancers.

Students must display competency in practical skills related to health assessments. Students are also provided the opportunity to critique a related research paper of their own choosing and communicate the findings to a wider audience.

This unit will be co-taught with unit Health, Disease and Exercise G.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of advanced exercise programming principles and the impact that chronic disease conditions have on these principles; and
2. Conduct and interpret fundamental health-based and exercise monitoring assessments.


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 - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology


Prerequisites

9811 Exercise Programming and Prescription 1

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 Flexible Assoc Prof Andrew McKune
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Hybrid Assoc Prof Andrew McKune
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

A number of recommended texts are available to complement the online material. The texts below are generally helpful in the clinical exercise physiology area, and are likely to be useful in later Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation coursework units - please consult the course convenor.

  1. Moore, G.E., Durstome, J.L. and Painter, P.L. (2016). ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities, 4th Ed., Human Kinetics.
  2. Ehrman, J.K., Gordon, P.M., Visich, P.S. and Keteryin S.J., editors (2019). Clinical Exercise Physiology, 4th Ed., Human Kinetics.
  3. Cameron, M., Selig, S. and Hemphill, D., editors (2011). Clinical Exercise: A case-based approach, Elsevier.
  4. Stubbs B. and Rosenbaum S. (2018). Exercise-based Interventions for Mental Illness, 1st Ed., Elsevier.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Completion of the online quizzes is through the unit Canvas site.

Special assessment requirements

In order to pass this unit, students must attempt all assessment items and achieve an overall pass grade in conjunction with passing the competency component of the practical assessment.

Moderation of Assessments

Please note that all exams are subject to moderation. A copy of the moderation guidelines can be found on the unit Canvas site.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Portions of this unit (e.g. training videos for use of blood biomarker assessment, ECG lead placement)will be online, although lecture content many practical skills will be taught and assessed face to face. Students should engage fully in both the face to face as well as online components of this unit.

Inclusion and engagement

Please let the unit convenor know if your health may be adversely affected by participating in the practical laboratories or if you answer "yes" to any of the pre-exercise screening questions.

Participation requirements

Lectures and online content
Online content (including recorded lectures) will contain material that is relevant to all assessment items. Announcements and information presented during lectures is deemed to have been made to all students enrolled in the unit. Recorded lectures will be available on the unit Canvas site.
 
Laboratory/tutorial classes
Students are expected to engage with all content provided across laboratory classes and online activities which are associated with assessment items. Participation/completion in all laboratory/tutorial classes is likely required to pass the unit in line with meeting the unit outcomes. A lower or fail grade may be a consequence of non-engagement/completion as laboratories and tutorials are related to assessment tasks. Students who do not pass the practical component of this subject will not pass the unit.

Required IT skills

None

In-unit costs

There are no other costs associated with this unit other than (potentially) the printing of laboratory material.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Announcements made at lectures  are deemed to be made to the whole group. Information and announcements will also be made on Canvas.
 
Students are expected to participate (face-to-face) in all laboratory-based classes in which practical competencies are addressed. When required, students should dress appropriately for physical activity and act responsibly and safely while completing the assigned tasks. If you do not have appropriate footwear (i.e. closed shoes), you will not be able to attend the laboratory. If any student has reason to believe that they will be unable to participate fully in any of the labs, please confer with the unit convenor prior to the laboratory commencing.
 
In the first practical class with physical activity, students participating will be required to complete an Adult Pre-screening Exercise Tool. This can be found on the unit Canvas site. The pre-screening tool will be covered in detail in the first practical, but if you would like to participate in exercise and are concerned about your capability/potential risk to do so (because of your answers on the pre-exercise screening form) you should seek appropriate medical or health practitioners clearance ahead of time. Please discuss with the unit convenor if you have any concerns. It is asked that if any student has good reason to believe that participation could negatively affect their health, then it is required that they provide this information before participating in an exercise activity.
 
Always keep an electronic and / or hard copy of your assignments. In the rare instance that your original goes astray, you will have a copy. Loss of data prior to submission will not be accepted and penalties will apply.
 
Email protocol
All emails should be sent from your student email account or via Canvas, otherwise anti-spam filters may prevent it from being delivered to your lecturer.
When using email to communicate with lecturers or tutors, you should always make sure that your message contains the following:
  1. A subject that contains the unit code, and clearly describes the nature of your query or request.
    1. Your lecturers receive many emails a day, and may also teach more than one unit, so if your email does not contain the unit code. It is not possible to place your message in context. If the subject does not indicate the nature of the message, it may well remain unanswered.
  2. Change the default setting on your email program to include previous messages in replies, and make sure that previous messages are included in an ongoing exchange. Your lecturer deals with many students. Having a copy of the previous exchanges included in your message will expedite a response. You should still make sure that the subject indicates what the email is about.
  3. Address your lecturer appropriately by name.
  4. State your question or request clearly and concisely.
  5. Insert a signature at the end of your email that contains:
    1. your name in full as it appears in Callista
    2. your student number
Your lecturer will inform you if there are additional requirements for communicating by email. While lecturers cannot be available online all day, in normal circumstance your lecturer will reply within 3 working days.

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