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Course syllabus - Adapt and Prescribe Physical Activity
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
FYS046
Valid from
Autumn semester 2019
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Physiotherapy
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2019-01-10
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Acsms behavioral aspects of physical activity and exercise
Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams And Wilkins, cop. 2014 - xiii, 284 s.
ISBN: 9781451132113 LIBRIS-ID: 14793848
Health behavior : theory, research, and practice
5 ed. : San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2015 - xxv, 485 s.
ISBN: 978-1-118-62898-0 LIBRIS-ID: 16406699
Motivational interviewing : helping people change
3. ed. : New York, NY : Guilford Press, c2013. - 482 s.
ISBN: 9781609182274 LIBRIS-ID: 13567121
ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
Tenth edition : Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2018] - xxx, 472 pages
ISBN: 9781496339065 LIBRIS-ID: 20533352
Articles
Cost-effectiveness of healthy eating and/or physical activity promotion in pregnant women at increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: economic evaluation alongside the DALI study, a European multicenter randomized controlled trial
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 15:23, 2018
URL: Link
Correlates associated with participation in physical activity among adults: a systematic review of reviews and update
BMC Public Health, 17:356, 2017
URL: Link
Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis
BMJ, 366:l4570, 2019
URL: Link
Introduction to health economics for the medical practitioner
Postgrad Med J, 79:147 LP 150, 2003
URL: Link
The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions
Implementation Science, 6:42, 2011
URL: Link
Web Addresses
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018
URL: Link
Reference Literature
Eunetha. European network for health technology assessment. Methods for health economic evaluations - A guideline based on current practices in Europe
Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), Sweden, 2015
URL: Link
FYSS 2017 : fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och sjukdomsbehandling
[3., rev. uppl.] : Stockholm : Läkartidningen förlag AB, cop. 2016 - 656 s.
ISBN: 978-91-981711-2-9 LIBRIS-ID: 19981618
Other Materials
Scientific papers and other study material can be added
Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to obtain further in-depth knowledge of the relation between physical activity and health, with a focus on the prevention of lifestyle-related illness and adaption of physical activity in different illness conditions. Further, the objective of the course is for students to obtain knowledge of methods for individual and subgroup adaptions of physical activity, knowledge and methods to support the initiation and maintenance of behavioural change, and methods for evaluation of prescribed physical activity.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students shall be able to:
1. relate different lifestyle-related illness conditions to physical activity and inactivity
2. explain health economic aspects of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour
3. identify physiological and psychological effects of physical activity
4. appraise and motivate physical activity as a treatment measure in physiotherapy in prevention and in different illness conditions
5. apply and evaluate methods for assessment and measurement in physical activity at the individual, group and organisational level
6. explain, individually tailor and apply behavioural change techniques to support the motivation for, and the initiation and maintenance of, physical activity, from a biomedical and behavioural perspective
7. apply, analyse and evaluate different forms of physical exercise based on an individual's abilities
8. analyse and form a plan for the implementation of a physically active lifestyle, based on the support demands for different groups
Course content
Physical activity, health-promoting physical activity and physical exercise
Sedentary lifestyle
The implication and implementation of Physical Activity on Prescription [Swedish: Fysisk Aktivitet på Recept, FaR]
Prevalence and prevention of disease and illness conditions related to physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Adaptions of physical activity to individuals and subgroups with different illness conditions, to different age groups and different ethnical backgrounds
Theories and models for health-promoting behavioural change
Behavioural change techniques to support the motivation, initiation and maintenance of physical activity and a non-sedentary lifestyle
Measurement and assessment instruments for physical activity/exercise
Health economic aspects of health-related lifestyle changes.
Specific requirements
A Bachelor's degree within one of the subject domains of Physiotherapy, Medical Science, Psychology, Caring Science with Specialisation in Nursing, Nursing Science, or the equivalent. In addition English B/English 6 is required.
Examination
INL1, hand-in assignment, 7.5 credits
Grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
Replaces FYS025