COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4004 EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HÜLYA TUNA

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Students will develop their skills in prescribing and delivering exercise programs to promote health and fitness for those within the community with specific needs. Students will learn the educative and health promotion role of the physiotherapist in promoting safe participation in exercise in the community for all people across the lifespan. They will explore the evidence available for the effectiveness of exercise programs in the community.

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 The Physiological Responses to Exercise Benefits and Risks Associated with Physical Activity
3 Exercise preparticipation health screening
4 General principles of exercise prescription
5 Exercise and older adults
6 Exercise and sarcopenia
7 Exercise and fibromyalgia
8 Exercise and osteoporosis
9 Research week
10 Exercise and atrthitis
11 Exercise and hypertension
12 Exercise and obesity
13 Exercise and diabetes mellitus
14 Behavioral Theories and Strategies for Promoting Exercise

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Sevgi Sevi Yeşilyaprak
DEÜ FTR YO

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.5111

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