Course coordinator
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
- 8
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Human Movement & Nutrition Sci
HMST4314 is one of the capstone courses within the Exercise and Sport Sciences program. It provides students with the opportunity to engage in a minimum of 400 hours of work integrated learning in any of (but not limited to) the following settings.
- Clinical measurements
- Sports performance
- Strength & conditioning
- Community and/or corporate fitness & health
- Exercise and sport science disciplines (e.g. biomechanics, physiology, skill acquisition, analytics)
- Sport science research
To undertake practicum, students must meet all mandatory requirements as outlined here: Prepare for your Exercise and Sports Sciences placement and provider specific requirements.
Course requirements
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
EXMD3372 + HMST3001
Incompatible
You can't enrol in this course if you've already completed the following:
EXMD4700
Restrictions
BExSS(Hons)
Course contact
Course staff
Lecturer
Miss Grace Ike
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Aims and outcomes
Provide students the opportunity:
- To gain 400 hours work experience in an appropriate setting and develop an integrated understanding of the sub-disciplines of exercise and sport science;
- To plan and facilitate safe and effective assessment, client centered interventions and/or education services as relevant for the prac site and the Exercise Science discipline;
- To help students expand their awareness of the range of professional roles and relationships for Exercise Science and the contexts of practice in the community; and
- Overall, this course aims to provide students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of exercise science principles and develop their professional skills to a standard sufficient to graduate from the program and enter the workforce.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Demonstrate the skills and competencies required to work competently and confidently with low to moderate risk clients; and recognise the need for referral to other related professionals when appropriate. As described within the scope of practice by Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) for Exercise Science (400 hours minimum)
LO2.
Demonstrate professional conduct that is sensitive to client diversity and equity and is consistent with the ESSA Code of Professional Conduct and Ethical Practice
LO3.
Develop scientific rationale for professional decision making and service delivery, appropriate time management and ability to work collaboratively, and independently (as appropriate)
LO4.
Demonstrate the ability to use research skills to critically evaluate specific areas of assessment, client centered interventions and/or education to determine whether research evidence indicates that current practice should be maintained or modified
LO5.
Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills relevant to the profession
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. |
| Performance | Professional Attributes Self-Assessment | PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 96 placement hours |
| Reflection | Critical Reflections | PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 150, 300 & 400 placement hours |
| Performance | Professional Attributes Intermediate Assessment | PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 200 placement hours |
| Project | Practicum Project | PASS/FAIL |
|
| Performance |
Professional Attributes Final Assessment
|
PASS/FAIL |
Upon accrual of 400 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
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 indiciate the hours, domain, activities and add a description of the service provided)
- A minimum of 400 hours of practicum is required to be undertaken in a variety of activities to demonstrate competency across three exercise domains (exercise assessment, exercise prescription, and exercise delivery).
- Feedback from the course coordinator must be addressed in a timely manner, before the end of semester, in order to receive a passing grade for the assessment, and for the course overall.
- 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 Self-Assessment
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance
- Category
- Performance
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Upon accrual of 96 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05
Task description
As a student practitioner embarking on your final placement, you are required to self reflect on your own performance at the end of your second week of placement (approximately 96 hours into your placement). If you are attending two placement sites for your HMST4314 placement, you will need to complete one self-assessment for each site that you are attending, please see the ‘Due Date/s’ section below for further information.
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 this, 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.
Submission guidelines
Submission 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 150, 300 & 400 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L04, L05
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 practical development and have impacted you in an important (critical) way. A total of 3 reflections need to be submitted throughout HMST4314, irrespective of the number of placement sites attended. 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
Submission 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.
Professional Attributes Intermediate Assessment
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance
- Category
- Performance
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Upon accrual of 200 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05
Task description
Student practitioners will have their performance on placement assessed by their practicum supervisor when they have accrued between 200 to 240 placement hours. If you are attending two placement sites for your HMST4314 placement, you will need to complete one intermediate assessment for each site that you are attending, please see the ‘Due Date/s’ section below for further information.
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, and re-evaluate 'SMART' learning goals set during their self-assessment. In the case of any early difficulties, strategies for improvement can be implemented.
Submission guidelines
- 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.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
Discretionary extensions are not available for this task.
Practicum Project
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance, Oral, Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia, Written
- Category
- Project
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
- Topic submission: due upon accrual of 250 placement hours.
- Final project submission: due upon accrual of 400 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L03, L04, L05
Task description
- Students are required to generate a 'practicum project' to demonstrate a comprehensive and deep understanding of their practicum discipline within the scope of practice of exercise science.
- Students should liaise closely with their practicum supervisors to identify a project advantageous to both their practicum site and themselves.
- Topics must be relevant to the scope of practice of exercise scientists and the discipline with which you are undertaking practicum (e.g. cardiac science, strength & conditioning, neurophysiology, health promotion).
- Projects can take a multitude of forms and be uploaded as written documents or recorded presentations.
- All projects must include a review of relevant literature and be a topic relevant to the student’s practicum experience.
NOTE: Regardless of the number of sites with which you undertake placement, students will be required to submit ONE project for formal assessment. In the case where additional site(s) require you undertake a ‘project’ in order to complete their experience, these projects will not be assessed as part of this course.
Submission guidelines
Submission 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.
Professional Attributes Final Assessment
- Hurdle
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance
- Category
- Performance
- Weight
- PASS/FAIL
- Due date
Upon accrual of 400 placement hours
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05
Task description
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 scale ('Not Meeting Expectations’, '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 will result in a fail grade overall.Submission guidelines
- 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.
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, L05
Task description
The ROSE form provides a summary of the activities you undertook on 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 exercise science or sport science level 1 professional attributes (different to the ‘Professional Attributes’ used in your self-assessment, intermediate assessment, and final supervisor assessment) required for an Accredited Exercise Scientist or Accredited Sport Scientist Level 1. A copy of the ESSA exercise science and sport science level 1 professional attributes has been made available on Blackboard.
You must take into your consideration the following points when completing the ROSE form:
- If you are intending on applying for accreditation as a Sport Scientist with ESSA, then you are required to use the sport science level 1 professional attributes.
- If you are not intending of applying for accreditation as a Sport Scientist with ESSA, then you are required to use ESSA exercise science professional attributes.
Hurdle requirements
Submission of a ROSE form after 20 business days after the completion of placement will result in a fail grade.Submission guidelines
Submission 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 requirements to a satisfactory level. |
| F |
Course grade description: Fails to complete one of the requirements 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.
Additional assessment information
The tasks in this course have been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use AI and/or MT technologies, successful completion of assessments in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance.
A failure to reference generative AI or MT use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
To pass all assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI and MT tools.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Multiple weeks |
Placement |
Practicum Students complete a minimum of 400 placement hours in an appropriate setting to develop an integrated understanding of the of exercise science OR sports science scopes of practice, their domains, and sub-disciplines. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05 |
Lecture |
Major Practicum Orientation Course content, overview of course assessment and revision of professional standards Learning outcomes: L02, L05 |
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Workshop |
Professional Development - Employablity Workshop - Held online via zoom. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L05 |
Policies and procedures
University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:
- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments for Students Policy and Procedure
Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.
You'll also need to be aware of the following policies and procedures while completing this course:
School guidelines
Your school has additional guidelines you'll need to follow for this course: