Health, Physical Education And Recreation | Exercise Specialist Internship (2-5 cr)
K660 | 6535 | Wallace
CLASS MEETING: 40 contact hours per week; 2 group meeting hours per month.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The supervised application of exercise testing, exercise prescription,
exercise
leadership and/or program administration in the professional setting of
corporate
fitness, preventative medicine, sports medicine, and/or hospital based
rehabilitation.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Cognitive - to apply previous knowledge of exercise testing, exercise
prescription,
exercise leadership and program administration to a specific internship
site.
Psychomotor - to administer exercise testing, patient education, and
exercise
leadership to a specific internship site. To prescribe exercise in a
specific
internship site. To assist the administration of a specific internship
site.
Affective - to develop a personal philosophy of the application of clinical
exercise physiology. To appreciation human interaction in the attainment of
personal health fitness.
General for all settings:
1) Exercise testing; 2) Laboratory data interpretation; 3) Exercise
prescription; 4) Exercise leadership; and/or 5) Program administration.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES: 1) Presentation; 2) Internship site supervisor
evaluation; 3) University supervisor evaluation.