XNB380 Cardiorespiratory, Metabolic and Renal Disorders

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

This unit is a clinical unit that develops key clinical knowledge required for exercise physiology practice. This unit specifically focuses on the cardiorespiratory, metabolic and renal disorders, including their epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical course, diagnostic and assessment procedures, and treatments. By identifying the causes of each disorder, along with their epidemiological characteristics, the underlying mechanisms that affect movement capacity, and approaches taken to diagnose, assess and treat these disorders, the unit aims to develop your knowledge of these disorders so that you can recognise how they affect and respond to movement, exercise and activity. This unit links to XNH386 Clinical Skills for Exercise Physiologists, where practical assessment skills relevant to the disease states covered in this unit, are taught.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe the aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical course, at a level that allows you to work with other health professionals in the assessment and provision of exercise and activity suitable for people with cardiorespiratory, metabolic and renal conditions.
2. Describe the diagnostic and assessment procedures, treatments and medications, at a level that allows you to work with other health professionals in the assessment and provision of exercise and activity suitable for people with cardiorespiratory, metabolic and renal conditions.
3. Analyse client information and make informed judgments to appropriately risk stratify an individual for exercise and activity.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit adopts a blended approach to learning. The unit will make extensive use of web-based resources including video recordings and assessment procedures commonly used with each specific disorder. Where possible, learning content will include invited speakers, other health professionals and patients, to provide their perspectives on the implications of the disorders for movement, exercise and activity. Tutorials will focus on case scenarios that allow you to deepen your understanding of each condition and gain an awareness of the cultural diversity of a condition and its normal clinical course.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback on your performance in assessment tasks will be provided through verbal feedback in class and written feedback on an individual basis or group basis as required for each assessment.

Assessment

Overview

This unit will be delivered across a 13 week semester. Assessment items are designed to measure your knowledge and mastery of professional skills stated in the learning outcomes.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Mid-Semester Examination

You will be evaluated on your knowledge and application of diseases presented in Modules 1 and 2. This assessment will use both short answer, case scenarios and multiple-choice examination format.

Assessment: Clinical Case Study

You are required to undertake the initial steps in constructing an exercise management plan for a client with a chronic disease from one of the 4 learning module areas. Content to be included in the case scenario include defining specific conditions and pathologies associated with the disease; defining causes of the disorders; explanation of the pathophysiological diagnosis and treatment of the disorders, common co-morbidities, explore common medications and implications of the medications for exercise, and complete a risk stratification processes involved in the design of a safe and effective exercise program based on the above information and scientific evidence.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Final Examination

You will be evaluated on your knowledge application of diseases presented throughout the unit including complex disease scenarios. This assessment will use both short answer, multiple-choice and case scenario format.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resource Materials

Recommended text(s)

Ehrman, J., Gordon, P., Visich, P., & Keteyian, S. (2013). Clinical Exercise Physiology (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, USA.

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.