Clinical Exercise Science
Bachelor's degree
In Portsmouth
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Portsmouth
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Start date
Different dates available
Why take this course? There are increasing rates of ill-health resulting from sedentary living, poor dietary habits and high stress lifestyles. The duties performed by a Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES) are linked closely to treating patients living with a long term condition in which exercise has been shown to provide therapeutic benefit. Specifically, cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, stroke, cancer and musculoskeletal limitations remain important health concerns that have all been shown to benefit from regular, safe exercise. Therefore, this innovative course is designed to offer you an interdisciplinary approach to exercise in clinical settings as well as vocational qualifications and experiences that will enable you to apply theory to practice. The integration of theory and practice within this course will enable you to critically analyse, adapt and modify existing approaches to develop safe and effective physical activity programmes to optimise the health-related fitness of clients. This course is a brand new course and is unrelated to the course of the same name which is closing after 2016 intake. The first year of entry for this course will be 2017.
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About this course
What will I experience? On this course you can: Obtain lab-based and field skills, as well as the ability to communicate with clients in a professional and approachable style. Gain Register of Exercise Professionals endorsed vocational qualifications in clinical exercise, including exercise referral, cardiac disease, chronic respiratory diseases, stroke, cancer and falls prevention which are essential requirements should you wish to pursue a career as a clinical specialist exercise instructor. Work with clinicians providing exercise in the management of a range of long term conditions
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Subjects
- IT
Course programme
Here are some routes our graduates have pursued:
- Obtain lab-based and field skills, as well as the ability to communicate with clients in a professional and approachable style.
- Gain Register of Exercise Professionals endorsed vocational qualifications in clinical exercise, including exercise referral, cardiac disease, chronic respiratory diseases, stroke, cancer and falls prevention which are essential requirements should you wish to pursue a career as a clinical specialist exercise instructor.
- Work with clinicians providing exercise in the management of a range of long term conditions
Additional information
Starts 2017 - Subject to approval
- Duration
- 1 year full time, 2 years part time
- Entry
- A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. Applicants are subject to interview. All offers are subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance and Occupational Health clearance. English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 6.5.
- Fees
To be confirmed.
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+44 (0)23- Department
- Department of Sport and Exercise Science
- Accreditations & Endorsements
Clinical Exercise Science