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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FZR 4060	EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTH PROMOTıON	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜLAY TARSUSLU

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

To increase students' knowledge and skills regarding creating and implementing exercise programs to improve the fitness and health of people with special needs in the society, the role of the physiotherapist as an educator and health promoter regarding the safe participation of individuals living in society in lifelong exercise, and researching evidence on effective exercise programs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Knows prescribing exercise programs to promote health and fitness for those within the community with specific needs.
2	Explains delivering exercise classes to promote health and fitness for those within the community with specific needs.
3	Knows educative and health promotion role of the physiotherapist in promoting safe participation in exercise in the community for all people across the lifespan.
4	Explores and interprets the evidence available for the effectiveness of exercise programs in the community.
5	Synthesises the collected informations and performs verbal and visual presentations about his results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Determination of the contents, syllabus, class presentations
2	Exercise and systemic effects
3	Exercise and cellular effects
4	Exercise preparticipation health screening
5	Exercise and hypertension
6	Exercise and rhematoid arthritis
7	Exercise and osteoatrthitis
8	Research week
9	Exercise and osteoporosis
10	Exercise and sarcopenia
11	Exercise and sarcopenia
12	Exercise and low back pain
13	Exercise and diabetes mellitus
14	Exercise and obesity
15	Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): David P. Swain, Brian C. Leutholtz. Exercise Prescription-2nd Edition : A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines, 2007. Human kinetics, Champaign. ISBN: 0736066802, ISBN13:9780736066808.

Supplementary Book(s): Kamala Shankar. Exercise prescription, 1998. Hanley&Belfus inc/Philadelphia. ISBN: 1560532580, ISBN13: 9781560532583

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conferance, presentation, problem based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None.

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical foundations of learning outcomes will be assessed by the assignment and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70 per cent of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜLAY TARSUSLU
DEÜ Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Fakültesi
tulay.tarsuslu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, from 12.30 to 13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparing presentations	2	5	10
Preparation for final exam	1	5	5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	4	56
Final	1	2	2
Project Assignment	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.11	PO.13
LO.1					1	1	1	1
LO.2				1
LO.3	1	1	1						1
LO.4										1
LO.5	1									1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

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Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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