Intermediate Clinical Exercise Testing and Prescription

About This Course

This course aims to equip physiotherapists with principles in clinical exercise physiology to understand the impact of exercise or activity on the human physiological system. For the effective management and prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through modifications of exercise, lifestyle, and behaviours. This course aims to build on the understanding of exercise physiology and clinical exercise prescription knowledge acquired from the entry-level physiotherapy training and is appropriate for early-career physiotherapists with two (2) to three (3) years of post-registration experience. It will enrich the application of the current concepts to the assessment and management of non-communicable diseases. The course helps to deepen the understanding of physiological responses to exercise in individuals who exercise regularly and those who not. With the programme designed specifically for adult learners, the learning of in-depth and clinically relevant topics is achieved through the blended learning approach via self-directed learning (SDL), flipped classroom, team-based learning (TBL), problem-based learning (PBL), discussion seminar and practicum. The course will include analysis and critical appraisal of the supporting theory and available evidence along with clinical reasoning for practical application of assessment and management techniques In the management of patients with NCDs and other co-morbidities.