Miss Grace Ike
Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- St Lucia
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Human Movement & Nutrition Sci
HMST3001 provides students with 140 hours of practicum experience involving low risk, off campus clients. Students will gain experience across the key domains of professional practice: exercise assessment, exercise prescription and exercise delivery for apparently health populations.
To undertake practicum, students must meet all mandatory requirements as outlined here: Prepare for your Clinical Exercise Physiology placement or Prepare for your Exercise and Sports Sciences placement. Students will also be required to meet any provider specific requirements.
Course requirements
Assumed background
Students should have an understanding of exercise science principals and how they relate to exercise testing, prescription and programming for apparently healthy individuals, and an awareness of the roles and responsibilities of an ESSA Accredited Exercise Scientist.
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
EXMD3372 + EXMD2382
Restrictions
BClinExP(Hons) and BExSS(Hons)
Course staff
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Aims and outcomes
Provide students the opportunity to accrue required work experience; apply their knowledge and understanding of the principals of exercise science as they relate to apparently healthy individuals,ﾠand develop professional skills to a standard sufficient to graduate from the program as Accredited Exercise Scientists.
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notebook/ Logbook | Logbooks | PASS/FAIL |
5:00 pm Monday following each week of placement. NB: Logbooks do not need to be submitted if the Monday due date falls on a public holiday. |
| Reflection |
Professional Attributes Assessments
|
PASS/FAIL |
Self-Assessment: Upon accrual of 48 placement hours Intermediate Assessment: Upon accrual of 70 to 80 placement hours Final Assessment: Upon accrual of 140 placement hours |
| Reflection | Critical Reflections | PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 60 and 100 placement hours |
| Reflection | Placement Consolidation Video | PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 140 placement hours |
| Portfolio |
Students as Practitioners Documentation
|
PASS/FAIL |
Record of Student Engagement (ROSE) Form
|
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
Assessment details
Logbooks
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Notebook/ Logbook
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
5:00 pm Monday following each week of placement. NB: Logbooks do not need to be submitted if the Monday due date falls on a public holiday.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06
Task description
- In order to demonstrate that students meet ESSA Practicum Standards during their placement, a record of activities or 'logbook' must be kept, detailing all relevant practicum hours. (For each log you must indicate the hours, domain, activities and add a description of the service provided)
- A minimum of 140 hours of practicum is required to be undertaken in a variety of activities to demonstrate attainment of competency in exercise assessment, prescription, delivery and 'other' AES scope of practice hours.
- Feedback from course coordinator must be addressed in a timely manner, before the end of semester, in order to receive a passing grade.
- Satisfactory level on InPlace is classified as having all logbook entries classed as “Finalised”.
Submission guidelines
Submission via InPlace.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
Discretionary extensions are not available for this task.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
As this task is Pass / Fail, students who submit beyond the specified due date/time without an approved extension, will fail this task.
Professional Attributes Assessments
- Hurdle
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Reflection
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Self-Assessment: Upon accrual of 48 placement hours
Intermediate Assessment: Upon accrual of 70 to 80 placement hours
Final Assessment: Upon accrual of 140 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06
Task description
- Self-Assessment
As student practitioners embarking on your first placement, you are required to reflect on your own performance at the end of your first week of placement.
To complete this assessment you are required to ‘self-assess’ and provide a rating of your performance, graded on a Likert scale (‘Not Meeting Expectations’, ‘Development Required’, ‘Meeting Expectations’, and ‘Exceeds Expectations’). Your reflections are based on the following eight professional attributes:
- Professional conduct
- Client interaction/rapport (Client facing skills)
- Collaborative practice
- Communication
- Awareness of limitations and work-readiness
- Exercise prescription
- Exercise assessment, and
- Exercise delivery
Following your reflections, student practitioners are required to develop three ‘SMART’ learning goals appropriate to their placement. These SMART goals will be tracked throughout your placement with the course coordinator often returning to these goals during your professional attribute’s intermediate assessment and your professional attributes final assessment.
- Intermediate Assessment
Student practitioners will have their performance on placement assessed by their practicum supervisor when they have accrued between 70 to 80 placement hours. Performance is graded on a Likert scale ('Not Meeting Expectations’, 'Development Required', 'Meeting Expectations', and 'Exceeds Expectations') and is based on eight professional attributes:
- Professional conduct
- Client interaction/rapport (Client facing skills)
- Collaborative practice
- Communication
- Awareness of limitations and work-readiness
- Exercise prescription
- Exercise assessment, and
- Exercise delivery.
The purpose of the intermediate assessment is to provide students with an early indication of how they are performing, make sure they feel properly oriented and supported during their placement, and re-evaluate 'SMART' learning goals set during their self-assessment. In the case of any early difficulties, strategies for improvement can be implemented.
- Final Assessment
Students will have their performance on placement assessed by their practicum supervisor on their last day of placement (or as close to this as possible, considering scheduling requirements). Performance is graded on a Likert scale ('Not Meeting Expectations’, 'Development Required', 'Meeting Expectations', and 'Exceeds Expectations') and is based on eight professional attributes:
- Professional conduct
- Client interaction/rapport (Client facing skills)
- Collaborative practice
- Communication
- Awareness of limitations and work-readiness
- Exercise prescription
- Exercise assessment, and
- Exercise delivery
The purpose of the final assessment is to provide students with an indication of how they performed on placement to inform future placements and/or practice.
Hurdle requirements
A "Not Meeting Expectations" or "Development Required" score for any of the eight professional attributes in the Final Assessment will result in a fail grade overall.Submission guidelines
Self-Assessment
Submission via ePortfolio.
Intermediate Assessment
- Intermediate assessments are conducted by the student's practicum supervisor in week three of their placement. No submission is required from the student.
- It is strongly encouraged that students email their practicum supervisor by the end of their first week of placement to arrange and book the intermediate assessment.
- It is strongly recommended that the course coordinator attends your intermediate assessment, but is not required.
- Intermediate assessments can be conducted either face-to-face at the placement site or online via Zoom or Teams where appropriate.
Final Assessment
- Final assessments are conducted by the practicum supervisor (the course coordinator or the student are not required to be present).
- Students are required to send the final assessment link to their practicum supervisors at least 7 business days prior to the end of their placement.
- Students are required to communicate with their practicum supervisors to ensure that the final assessment is competed before the end of their placement. A “How-To” video has been made to guide you in sending the ‘final assessment link’ to your practicum supervisor.
- Practicum supervisors will complete the final supervisor assessment and submit via ePortfolio.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
Discretionary extensions are not available for this task.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
As this task is Pass / Fail, students who submit beyond the specified due date/time without an approved extension, will fail this task.
Critical Reflections
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Reflection
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Upon accrual of 60 and 100 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L05, L06
Task description
Self-reflection is a vital skill to develop for understanding and evaluating experiences. This assessment piece is designed to support student's transition from theory to practice by promoting critical self-reflection. Students are required to analytically reflect upon a real-life ‘critical’ event, incident, activity or task that you experience on placement. A critical incident can be positive or negative. These are events or ‘light bulb moments’ which occurred during (or as a result of) your clinical development and have impacted you in an important (critical) way. A total of two written reflections need to be submitted (upon the accrual of 60 and 100 placement hours, respectively). They should provide insight into how your professional skills and attributes improve, the challenges you overcome and identify, and the new training methods you’ve added to your professional ‘toolbox’. Content should follow the SEALER reflection structure.
Submission guidelines
Submit via ePortfolio.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
As this task is Pass / Fail, students who submit beyond the specified due date/time without an approved extension, will fail this task.
Placement Consolidation Video
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Reflection
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Upon accrual of 140 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L05, L06
Task description
Students will reflect against their own practice and experiences gathered during their time on placement in video format. Students will be required to respond to four questions to promote their reflection and consolidation of their placement experience.
The questions are designed to focus your reflection in four domains:
- 'Where am I up to',
- 'How I got here',
- ''How am I progressing', and
- 'Where am I going'.
Note: There are no strict rules for structuring your video reflection given you answer the questions clearly and legibly. However the duration of video is capped at three to four minutes long to allow your course coordinator equal time to all students.
Submission guidelines
Submit via ePortfolio
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
As this task is Pass / Fail, students who submit beyond the specified due date/time without an approved extension, will fail this task.
Students as Practitioners Documentation
- Hurdle
- Mode
- Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia
- Category
- Portfolio
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Record of Student Engagement (ROSE) Form
- Without supervisor signature: Complete and submit your ROSE form via ePortfolio without your practicum supervisor's signature within 10 business days (one week) after completion of your placement. The course coordinator will review and provide feedback before you obtain the signature.
- With supervisor signature: Following feedback from the course coordinator, obtain your practicum supervisors signature and submit to ePortfolio within 20 business days (one month) after the completion of your placement. Your ROSE form cannot be finalised without a valid practicum supervisor signature within the valid timeframe (One month from completing your placement).
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05
Task description
This form provides a summary of the activities you undertook and competencies you developed during your placement (i.e. a summary of what was included in your logbooks) and a reflection on how this placement assisted you to develop the ESSA professional attributes (different to the ‘Professional Attributes’ used in your self-assessment, intermediate assessment, and final assessment) required for an Accredited Exercise Scientist.
Hurdle requirements
Submission of a ROSE form after 20 business days after the completion of placement will result in a fail grade.Submission guidelines
Submit via ePortfolio.
Deferral or extension
You cannot defer or apply for an extension for this assessment.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
As this task is Pass / Fail, students who submit beyond the specified due date/time without an approved extension, will fail this task.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Pass/Fails | Description |
|---|---|
| P |
Course grade description: Completes all assessment tasks to a satisfactory level. |
| F |
Course grade description: Fails to complete one or more of the assessment tasks to a satisfactory level. |
Additional course grading information
The course requires all assessment items to be graded to a satisfactory level to pass the course.
This course also contains two hurdle assessment items, specifically:
- A "Not Meeting Expectations" or "Development Required" score for any of the eight professional attributes in the Final Assessment will result in a fail grade overall.
- Submission of a ROSE form after 20 business days after the completion of placement will result in a fail grade overall.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Library resources are available on the UQ Library website.
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Not scheduled |
Lecture |
Practicum Orientation Course content, overview of course assessment and revision of professional standards Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06 |
Multiple weeks |
Placement |
Practicum Complete minimum 140 hours of practicum in an appropriate setting providing exercise delivery for apparently healthy individuals. Learning outcomes: L01, L02 |
Lecture |
Clinical Practicum Preparation Preferencing and Allocation Process Learning outcomes: L06 |
Policies and procedures
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- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments for Students Policy and Procedure
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