EXPH 4936 - British Studies-Exercise Medicine: An Examination of Practices

6 (6-0)

Prerequisite(s): EXPH 1904

To develop an appreciation and recognition of the practical skills required for utilizing Exercise Medicine as a preventative and/or therapeutic modality in health care. This course will allow students to investigate preventative health care through exercise programming in the United Kingdom. Healthcare professionals in both the UK and the US are urged to prescribe “Exercise Medicine”. Thus, Exercise Physiologists are primed to play a key role in the development of exercise prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease as well as general fitness and sport performance. Students will determine the level of exercise physiological adaptation as a medical treatment for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.

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