Master of Exercise Rehabilitation

Duration (International)

1.5 years
 
Assessment (Internat.) 

Competency based training is concerned with assisting people to gain specific competencies relevant to the purpose of their course of study. A student will be assessed by performing set tasks at specified standards, under prescribed conditions.
A range of assessment methods will be used to enable students to demonstrate competency.

Outline 

The Master of Exercise Rehabilitation is designed to extend and supplement the relevant knowledge of human movement graduates, physical educators and related allied health professionals. A thorough knowledge of health sciences is integrated with the practical ability to apply land based exercise programs, aquatic exercise therapy and other therapeutic modalities. The Program is designed to allow the student to move sequentially through the first year of coursework, the Graduate Diploma of Exercise Rehabilitation, to the research component. The research component of the degree will enable students to demonstrate research capacity to facilitate entry into doctoral studies.
 
Career Opportunities 

Graduates are qualified:
- Accredited Exercise Physiologists specialising in musculoskeletal,
cardiorespiratory, metabolic and neurological rehabilitation
- Preferred provider of exercise rehabilitation services for people with chronic and
complex conditions
- Graduate study / Masters research towards Doctoral work.

Graduates are currently employed in a variety of rehabilitation settings:
- Specialist exercise rehabilitation centres
- Consultants for Workcover and case management authorities
- Privately multi-disciplinary clinics
- Community health centres
- Exercise Physiologists in hospitals
- Specialist exercise rehabilitation units within hospitals (including hydrotherapy)
- Elite sporting clubs.
 
RPL and Credit Transfer 

International students wishing to apply for RPL and Credit Transfer are required to provide syllabus of previous study undertaken at time of applying for course. Not all courses offer RPL and Credit Transfer. Contact the International Student Programs office at international@ballarat.edu.au
 
Objectives 

This course is designed to enable students to:
- Develop a working knowledge of the relevant exercise rehabilitation settings;
- Recognise common musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, metabolic and neurological disorders;
- Demonstrate an understanding of factors affecting health related behaviour and the implications for change;
- Demonstrate skills necessary to conduct assessments, plan programs, implement
and evaluate exercise rehabilitation programs;
- Demonstrate the ability to design appropriate therapeutic exercise
rehabilitation programs;
- Prepare and implement an exercise rehabilitation program;
- Gain practical experience working in an appropriate exercise rehabilitation
setting;
- Demonstrate an ability to utilise principles of communication skills in various
settings;
- Demonstrate writing skills for research proposals, reports, position papers and
journal articles;
- Apply research skills to develop a research proposal and conduct a small scale
research project;
- Use critical appraisal skills to evaluate literature in the field of exercise
rehabilitation;
- Demonstrate public presentation skills in a professional setting;
- Identify key issues in injury rehabilitation and apply this knowledge to the design of effective injury prevention strategies; and
- Develop knowledge in a selected area of exercise rehabilitation.

Requirements 

Participation in student clinics, consultations or research on weekends and during the lecture breaks may be required. The thesis component of the degree may be undertaken off campus after consultation with the program manager and supervisor.