Study Guide

Objective

Students will be able to work as a specialist in the health promoting impacts of exercise. They will be able assess exercise capability and compile personalised exercise instructions for people in different states of health. Students will have the knowledge of doing exercise councelling in a client-oriented way.

Content

The benefits of exercise in disease prevention and care
Assessing exercise capability
Exercise in different states of health

Location and time

Spring semester

Check more detailed information from Reppu

Materials

Material in Reppu

Teaching methods

Classroom teaching + independent studying

Employer connections

The client chosen by the student for the programming of the exercise program.

Exam schedules

No exam. The assignments related to the course will be announced at the beginning of the course and they can be viewed in Reppu.

Student workload

The course requires approximately 54 hours of student work, including contact teaching. The amount is indicative and the final workload is determined by the time spent by the student himself/herself on the work.

Content scheduling

Lessons
Planning of the exercise program.
Learning diary/workshop/presentation

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

To be announced

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance in teaching 80%: pass-fail
Planning the exercise program: 0-5
Learning diary/workshop/presentation: 0-5

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student does not meet the minimum requirements for the assignments (as a value of 1).

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Has an excellent command of the basics of health and well-being counselling.
Is able to act in a customer-oriented, safe and goal-oriented manner when promoting the health and well-being of individuals.
Masters the preparation of a health-promoting exercise plan at an excellent level.
Is able to analyse, reflect and critically evaluate his/her own competence.
Is able to act independently, responsibly, proactively and flexibly in the course assignments.
Is able to act as a member of a group promoting and developing the group's activities.

Toteutuksen arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Masters the basics of health and well-being counselling at a satisfactory or good level.
Is able to act in a customer-oriented, safe and goal-oriented manner when promoting the health and well-being of individuals.
Masters the elaboration of a health-promoting exercise plan at a satisfactory or good level.
Is able to analyse, reflect and evaluate his/her own competence.
Is able to act independently, responsibly, proactively and flexibly in the course assignments.
Is able to act as a member of a group promoting and developing the group's activities.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows and understands the basics of health and well-being counselling in some or moderate respects.
Can promote health and well-being of individuals in some respects.
Is able to draw up health-promoting exercise plans, but there is still a lot to learn in the basics.
Is able to analyze, reflect and evaluate his/her own competence in some respects.