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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Exercise Physiology: Cardiovascular & Pulmonary

  • Unit Code

    SPS4116

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Favil SINGH

Description

This unit provides students with both the theoretical and practical skills required for clinical exercise testing and prescription related to cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Students are taught a basic understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, applicable diagnostic techniques, exercise assessment, and associated exercise responses.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Lectures, tutorials and laboratories.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPS3301 or SPS2505

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary complications and diseases as it relates to therapeutic exercise.
  2. Conduct complex clinical assessments on individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases to determine health position.
  3. Prescribe appropriate exercise assessment to determine a clients baseline measurements.
  4. Formulate appropriate therapeutic exercise interventions for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
  5. Analyse the diagnostic information and treatment procedures used in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
  6. Assess clinical assessment and then apply clinical knowledge to conduct exercise/fitness/functional tests on individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
  7. Design and apply exercise as a therapeutic modality for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases based on assessment data.
  8. Evaluate the effects of commonly prescribed medications on acute and chronic exercise responses that must be accounted for when applying exercise interventions to individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
  9. Evaluate the risk factors, complications and co-morbidities that must be accounted for when applying exercise assessments to individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

Unit Content

  1. Pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
  2. Theoretical basis of clinical exercise assessment protocols.
  3. Pharmacological effects on exercise capacity.
  4. Analysis and interpretation of medical diagnostic data.
  5. Prescription of exercise as a therapeutic modality for clinical populations.
  6. Clinical exercise test, results and reference values.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test30%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory assessment15%
Presentation ^Case study research assessment15%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Swain, D. P., & Sports Medicine., A. C. (2014). ACSM’s resource manual for guidelines for exercise testing and prescription (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/793572193?databaseList=638
  • (2013). Clinical exercise physiology (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/825102470

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Exercise Physiology: Cardiovascular & Pulmonary

  • Unit Code

    SPS4116

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Favil SINGH

Description

This unit provides students with both the theoretical and practical skills required for clinical exercise testing and prescription related to cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Students are taught a basic understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, applicable diagnostic techniques, exercise assessment, and associated exercise responses.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Lectures, tutorials and laboratories.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPS3301 or SPS2505

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary complications and diseases as it relates to therapeutic exercise.
  2. Conduct complex clinical assessments on individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases to determine health position.
  3. Prescribe appropriate exercise assessment to determine a client’s baseline measurements.
  4. Formulate appropriate therapeutic exercise interventions for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.

Unit Content

  1. Pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
  2. Theoretical basis of clinical exercise assessment protocols.
  3. Pharmacological effects on exercise capacity.
  4. Analysis and interpretation of medical diagnostic data.
  5. Prescription of exercise as a therapeutic modality for clinical populations.
  6. Clinical exercise test, results and reference values.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test30%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory assessment15%
Presentation ^Case study research assessment15%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • n.d. (2018). ACSM’s exercise testing and prescription. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1004835473
  • Swain, D. P., & Sports Medicine., A. C. (2014). ACSM’s resource manual for guidelines for exercise testing and prescription (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/793572193?databaseList=638
  • (2013). Clinical exercise physiology (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/825102470
  • (2013). Clinical exercise physiology (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/825102470

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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