| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
310.645, HMES7645 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to describe and explain the systematic basis of injury prevention and rehabilitation, as well as describe the psychosocial interactions that can effect rehabilitation, with respect to the benefits and contraindications of exercise. |
| Content |
This unit focuses on the employment environment and employment laws relating to health, safety, injury management and injury prevention, the elements of a successful occupational safety and health management system, risk management and rehabilitation principles for workplace injury management. |
| Assessment |
This consists of a theory examination and written assignment.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Linda Gilbert (external) |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in honours, Bachelor of Exercise Rehabilitation Science or postgraduate study in Sport Science, Exercise and Health |
| Advisable prior study: SSEH2260 Exercise Physiology (formerly HMES2260) |
Contact hours—lectures/labs: 3 hrs per week; plus project work
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| Unit Outline | http://www.unitoutlines.science.uwa.edu.au/Units/SSEH7645/SEM-1/2010 |
| Texts | |
HMES7645 Student Resource Manual (available from UWA bookshop)
Australian Standards AS/NZS 4360, AS/NZS 4804
ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 5th edn: American College of Sports Medicine 2006 |
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