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PTY-10072 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

PTY-10072 - Applied Practice in Coaching, Exercise and Fitness
Coordinator: Sam Jones Room: MAC1.05 Tel: +44 1782 7 34565
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

Applied Practice in Coaching, Exercise and Fitness module offers students insight into practicalities of exercise prescription. Offering students the opportunity to gain external qualifications, increasing employability opportunities.
Students demonstrate applied practice of patient management in an exercise setting using relevant research to inform their approach.

Aims
Applied Practice in Coaching, Exercise and Fitness will equip students with the skills and knowledge to apply exercise principles to a healthy population. Offering a blended learning approach that will encompass external body qualifications and exercise application skills, using appropriate communication language and prescription skills for use in a public setting.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Deliver a safe and effective exercise programme, in line with external body guidelines: 1
Competently perform exercise instruction and prescription encompassing warm up, strength training, aerobic endurance, flexibility and cool down: 1
Identify and apply pre exercise screening and health and fitness assessments: 2
Demonstrate the application of safe and competent handling skills appropriate to the level of study: 1,2
Develop interpersonal communication and coaching skills: 1

Study hours

60 hours of practical teaching to included delivery of external body exercise awards, learning to be completed via lectures, practical workshops and tutorials.
90 Hours of independent study completed via:
~ 20 hours development of assessment,
~ 20 hours directed study and
~ 50 hours self directed study.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Practical Assessment weighted 80%
A 20 minute practical exam assessment
A 20 minute randomly allocated interactive practical to assess knowledge of application of relevant skill sets to apply principles of exercise and take appropriate measures.

2: Workbook weighted 20%
Data collection and interpretation (500 words)
Throughout the module students will collect health and fitness data from themselves and will enter this into a workbook weekly. Working in small groups, students will share their data anonymously with their group. The data will linked to their external qualification and teaching, and thus a part of the tasks required to pass, and will be linked to exercise tests students perform as part of the exercise/ fitness qualification. Should a student be unable to collect a data set, they will be provided with example data by teaching staff. Students will given weekly tutorials on how to interpret the information which they will submit at the end of the module

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 19 January 2023