XNB483 Clinical Exercise Physiology Business Practice
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| Unit code: | XNB483 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | XNH481 and XNH482 and XNB489. XNB489 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as XNB483 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $957 The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $4,224 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | XNB483 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | XNH481 and XNH482 and XNB489. XNB489 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as XNB483 |
| Coordinator: | Justin Holland | justin.holland@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Exercise Physiologists need the skills and knowledge to operate within or apply entrepreneur skills to develop a new business. The unit will give a fundamental overview of the critical areas involved in starting, running or managing an exercise physiology practice, with a particular focus on inter-disciplinary approaches to business ideas that service the multi-faceted needs of chronic diseased populations. The unit identifies the legal, ethical, and professional frameworks that guide practice. This unit is in the final year of your course and integrates with your clinical placements.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the principles of innovation and entrepreneurship and basic business operations to develop an innovative exercise physiology business idea, program, or service, with a focus on inter-professional practice.
- Develop employability and early career development skills through the utilisation of an employment portfolio that outlines current and future career aspirations with the guidance of an experienced mentor.
Content
Topics covered in this unit will include:
Module 1: Business Basics
- Business concepts - starting your own AEP business, allied health partnerships
- Innovation & entrepreneurship - creating your own opportunities, developing a vision
- Allied Health Marketing - client recruitment, GP recruitment & referrals, social media, ways to grow a business, online business opportunities
- SWOT Analysis
- Successful business case studies
- What can we learn from failed business opportunities
Module 2: Career Readiness
- Development of a curriculum vitae
- Effectively responding to selection criteria to demonstrate your personal employability in both written and oral formats.
- Human Resources - leave, superannuation, transition and employment rights.
- Contract Negotiation - How to negotiate your employment contract and understanding the contract contents against legal, ethical and moral principles.
- Early Career Success - identifying and aligning with an experienced mentor to help you establish career goals, expectations and personal performance feedback.
Learning Approaches
The unit will be delivered intensively. Lectures are presented online with workshops and tutorials held on-campus.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- A range of formative exercises will be discussed in class
- Comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets
- Generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas
- Criteria sheet grading
- Feedback from peers
Assessment
Overview
There are two pieces of assessment to be completed in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Business Concept Proposal
Business Concept Proposal - Oral and Written Presentation: You will be required to come up with an idea for a clinical exercise physiology practice that demonstrates your understanding of the key considerations involved in starting a business. A key element of the business concept proposal is to address a chronic disease or health need and where appropriate, take a multi-disciplined approach to patient management. You will be required to demonstrate your business model, marketing, avenues of financial income, applicable legislation and business forecast.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Career Development Portfolio
You will be required to develop an industry applicable curriculum vitae (CV) and respond to specific selection criteria. A range of different hypothetical jobs will be provided to you to ensure you can apply for one that interests you. You are required to select one of these hypothetical jobs and provide a cover letter along with a curriculum vitae. After your CV and selection criteria submission you will be required to film yourself in a mock interview. It is in this interview where you need to demonstrate future career directions, alignment with a mentor and the strategies you will use to be a successful early career accredited exercise physiologist. Finally you will be presented with a mock employment contract. You will be required to critically appraise this contract specifically examining the ethical, legal, moral and business concepts contained within it.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
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.
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Risk Assessment Statement
There are no-out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.