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EXS-20005 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

EXS-20005 - Advanced Assessment and Applied Practice
Coordinator: Dean Burt
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Advanced Applied Practice in Coaching, Exercise and Fitness module offers you insight into practicalities of exercise prescription within apparently healthy populations who are at risk of developing long term conditions. Offering you the opportunity to gain external qualifications, increasing employability opportunities.
You will demonstrate applied practice of patient management in an exercise setting using relevant research to inform your approach.

Aims
This module aims to advance applied practice in coaching, exercise and fitness and will thereby equip students with the skills and knowledge to apply exercise principles to an apparently healthy population who are at risk of developing a long term condition. The module offers 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 within populations at risk of long term conditions.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Perform a needs analysis of individual clients, which includes both physical and behavioural challenges to being more active: 1
Develop and deliver a safe and effective exercise programme in relation to health promotion and within "at risk" populations, in keeping with national professional standards and guidelinese: 1
Analyse and adapt an exercise programme progression, recovery and periodisation: 1
Demonstrate the application of safe and competent handling skills appropriate to the level of study: 1

Study hours

Active learning comprising:
~3 hours of tutorials
~18 hours of lectures
~ 15 hours of seminars
~20 hours of directed study
94 hours of self directed study and assessment preparation comprising:
~ 24 hours assessment development
~ 70 hours self directed study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Practice Based Assessment weighted 100%
A 30-minute practical skills assessment
A 30-minute practical exam that will be split into a 20-minute practical assessment and a 10-minute theoretical assessment. Students will be presented with a series of case studies, and for a given case study will demonstrate skills in developing and delivering an exercise training session. The assessment will cover: application of practical exercise prescription focusing on muscular strength, aerobic endurance, flexibility and appropriate warm up and cool downs, measurement and application of pre-exercise checks, measurement and application of health and fitness tests, and interpretation of health and exercise results.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. 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/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025