Course

Movement Assessment and Instruction - HESC2452

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine

School: School of Medical Sciences

Course Outline: HESC2452 Course Outline

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisites: ANAT2451 (or both ANAT3131 and ANAT3141) and BIOM2451 (or SESC2451)

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course will equip students with skills and knowledge for assessing and instructing exercises and other movements. It will integrate concepts from biomechanics, functional anatomy, and motor learning and skill acquisition in the analysis of exercises, work tasks and activities of daily living. Students will refine skills in quantitative and qualitative analysis of movement. The course will also cover aspects of exercise prescription (instruction) and approaches to movement education. Students will develop practical skills in teaching new or modified exercises, work tasks or activities of daily living, giving consideration to pedogogical theory in relation to the instruction of movement.


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